No One Cares About Crazy People (Gail Freedman, 2025)
An intimate and immersive deep dive into the crisis and chaos of severe mental illness and the burgeoning grassroots movement trying to do something about it.
Film/Video Theater
Gail Freedman in person
ReelAbilities Film Festival
Admission is first come, first served. Free for all audiences with ticket
This film features open captions. ASL will be available for the prescreening introductions and postscreening conversation.
This ReelAbilities Ohio Film Festival screening of No One Cares About Crazy People features a fusion of intimate storytelling and broad reporting that humanizes the face of severe mental illness. The documentary follows a small cast of memorable characters in real time over several years as they—and also their families—navigate a system that too often seems to conspire against them. The historic roots of this national crisis are traced, as well as the emergence of bold but controversial activism that seeks to reinvent those failed policies. Inspired by the book of the same name by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Ron Powers. With narration by actor Bob Odenkirk and original music by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy. In English with open captions. (96 mins., DCP)
Stay after the film for a discussion between filmmaker Gail Freedman about the issues of the film and actions that can be taken.