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Letters from Generation Rx

2017 · 91 min

A sober, sorrowful documentary that asks you to sit with painful testimony and weigh unsettling questions about medicine and the mind.

Directed by: Kevin P. Miller
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Carleigh Spence

Overview: As a result of the 2008 documentary"Generation Rx," thousands of people wrote director Kevin P. Miller to share their experiences on psychiatric drugs. Miller combines their gripping tales with the latest mental health research, science, and medical health perspectives.

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Directed by: Kevin P. Miller
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Carleigh Spence

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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
death
morality
healing
science
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
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