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Medicated

2013 · 27 min

A quiet, unflinching sit-down where strangers describe their inner weather with disarming calm.

Directed by: Richard Kern
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Between 2010 and 2018, Kern interviewed women about the medications they used and the effects of those meds on their outlook.

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Directed by: Richard Kern
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
addiction
isolation
healing
gender
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence none
Sex mild

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Realism	9
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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Richard Kern
Runtime: 27 min

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