I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia

I'm Still Here:
The Truth About Schizophrenia
Directed byRobert Bilheimer
Richard Young
Written byRobert Bilheimer
Produced byWilliam Wheeler
StarringSusan Gingerich
Fredrick J. Frese
CinematographyRichard Young
Edited byLorraine Salk
Music bySusan Justin
Production
company
Worldwide Documentaries
Distributed byWheeler Communications
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia is a documentary film about schizophrenia.[1] This 65-minute, black-and-white film was written and directed by Robert Bilheimer.[2] Bilheimer began working on the film soon after being nominated for an Academy Award for the film The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out.[3] Psychiatrist Stephen Mark Goldfinger cowrote the film.[4]

The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression aided in the film's production,[5] which was complete by 1992, despite the film not being released until 1996.[6] The following year, a VHS recording of the film was distributed by Wheeler Communications.[7] Susan Gingerich appears in the film,[8] as does Fredrick J. Frese.[9] A National Health Service Corps reviewer called the film "extraordinarily moving."[10]

  1. ^ "UI to host premiere of documentary film about schizophrenia". University of Iowa. January 29, 1997. Retrieved August 25, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Not My Life". United Nations Association Film Festival. October 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "Stephen Mark Goldfinger, MD". SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Retrieved August 25, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "The Truth About One Mental Illness from People Striving to Lead Normal Lives". Schizophrenia.com. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  6. ^ Nancy Keefe Rhodes (2012). "Not My Life: Filmmaker Robert Bilheimer's Latest Meditation on Good and Evil" (PDF). Stone Canoe: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  7. ^ Robert Bilheimer (1997). I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia (Motion picture). New York City.
  8. ^ Alan S. Bellack (2013). Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia, Second Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide. Guilford Press. p. iv. ISBN 978-1462513963.
  9. ^ Natasha Tracy (August 3, 2010). "Surviving Schizophrenia Video". HealthyPlace.com. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  10. ^ Stephen M. Goldfinger; Kenneth Duckworth; Constantine Iouannou (June 30, 1999). "National Health Service Corps Educational Program for Clinical and Community Issues in Primary Care: Mental Health Module". American Medical Student Association. p. 14. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2013.