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John's Not Mad (1989)

John's Not Mad (1989)

Documentary
Release Date: 1989, March 14
Directors: Valerie Kaye
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC
Cast: Oliver Sacks, John Davidson, Eleanor Bron, Heather Davidson

Overview:

John's Not Mad is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries. The film shadows John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, who had severe Tourette syndrome. John's life was explored in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all coped with a misunderstood condition.

Keywords:

social outcast tourette syndrome q.e.d. tourettes