Mental health issues can be difficult to talk about openly even in the most ideal settings, but it often helps in settings that promote comfortable intimacy, it can be much easier. One such place is the Hollywood Beauty Salon, a beauty parlor that happens to be part of the NHS Germantown Recovery Community, a Philadelphia non-profit mental health program administered by NHS Human Services.
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The new documentary “Hollywood Beauty Salon” follows the lives of the beauty parlor’s patrons, including its owner Rachel “Hollywood” Carr Timms, and how they gather together to share stories, support one another, and of course, get their hair done. Built around their annual “Hair Recovery Show,” a version of a beauty pageant, the film becomes a part of the recovery process for many of the subjects, as...
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The new documentary “Hollywood Beauty Salon” follows the lives of the beauty parlor’s patrons, including its owner Rachel “Hollywood” Carr Timms, and how they gather together to share stories, support one another, and of course, get their hair done. Built around their annual “Hair Recovery Show,” a version of a beauty pageant, the film becomes a part of the recovery process for many of the subjects, as...
- 7/26/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Title: OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive Major Depression Bipolar Asperger’s Movie Directors: Bud Clayman, Glenn Holsten and Scott Johnston Featuring: Bud Clayman Mental health issues are but one of many elephants in the room when it comes to any serious national political discussion of social services. Severe mental illness is often the ultimate disease of “the other” (schizophrenics who don’t take their medications and the like), additionally marginalized because those with the resources to care for afflicted family members are more likely to be wrapped up in shame and silence than advocacy. But what of dozens of other crippling mental illnesses, and the treatments that exist and could help so many people [ Read More ]...
- 6/22/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
"OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie" is a completely unique documentary that depicts one man's struggle -- co-director Bud Clayman -- with his Asperger's Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Yes, Bud's got the one-two punch of Asperger's and Ocd, the symptoms of which began to manifest themselves in his late teens/early twenties, as they do in many young men who suffer from such mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Right around the time Bud "got sick," as he calls it, he happened to be in the City of Angels, fresh with a degree in Film and Television from Temple, a cover letter in hand, knocking down the doors of every studio and agency in town like any other young film school graduate. This added layer of story enhances the poignancy of Bud's directing the film, a lifelong dream, and the filmmaking process itself is put front and center.
- 5/25/2012
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
The tagline for Bud Clayman, Glenn Holsten, and Scott Johnston‘s OC87 sure doesn’t sound like a lot of fun – the film is billed as “the Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger’s Movie,” which might just drive away scads of potential moviegoers. And yet… The film centers on Clayman’s struggle with Ocd and Asperger’s and how it effects his long-held dreams of becoming a filmmaker. Thirty years after being waylaid from his cinematic aspirations, Clayman decides to finally make a movie – and, appropriately enough, that movie is about his battles with his illnesses. Funny how that works out. While OC87′s tagline doesn’t sound particularly feel-good, Clayman’s story is quite inspirational and, thanks to an exclusive clip from the film, it looks like the film’s makers have approached the story with just enough humor and grit to make it appealing to a large audience. After the break...
- 5/15/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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