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Independent Lens Names BEDLAM Documentary Feature


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Shot over five years, this critically acclaimed Sundance favorite takes viewers inside Los Angeles County’s overwhelmed and under-resourced psych ER, to a nearby jail warehousing thousands of psychiatric patients, to the homeless encampments and homes of people affected by severe mental illness – including the filmmaker’s own sister.

Directed, Produced and Written by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
Produced and Written by Peter Miller
Co-Produced by and Director of Photography Joan Churchill, ASC
Co-Produced by and Location Sound Alan Barker
Cinematography Bob Richman, Additional Cinematography Buddy Squires, ASC
Edited by Jim Cricchi, Additional Editing by James Holland
Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen