Canadian actress and singer Jasmine Richards, best known for her roles in Camp Rock, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, Disney/Family Channel sitcoms Naturally, Sadie and Overruled!, is launching an anti-bullying campaign with her song and video “You Have The Power.” Inspired by Jamie Hubley, the Ottawa gay teen…
Monday November 7, 7:00 pm @ Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin St, Toronto, ON @ Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com Filmmakers: Tellervo Kalleinen, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Netherlands, Finland, 2011, 65 min, Digibeta, Dutch with English subtitles, Rated 14A People In White offers up a different point of view than most mental…
MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION are fundamental parts of our human experience and they have always been difficult to present and discuss in the public arena. Fear and stigma routinely make accurate representations and presentations next to impossible. The vehicle through which mental illness and addiction are most often presented publicly…
I stumbled across this film one night searching the Movie Network and found it strange I’d never heard of it. A film with Ashley Judd about a woman who suffers from suicidal depression? I’m in. Not far into the film I saw that this was no fluff piece tv movie,…
Ever since I saw the performance of Next to Normal on the Tony Awards in 2009, I’ve been wanting to see this play and finally it has come to Toronto. Next to Normal (styled as next to normal) is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and…
Catherine Zeta-Jones: ‘There Is No Need to Suffer Silently’ – videos discussing bipolar disorder