The Blue Inmates
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Writer & Director
Writers
Country
Lebanon
Distributor
Altitude Film Distribution
Year
2021
Screening as part of Reclaim The Frame x International
The Blue Inmates + Q&A
THE BLUE INMATES will be screened with descriptive subtitles*, and the post-screening Q&A will have live-captioning available. See more about accessibility at Barbican cinema, here.
If you have any questions about the access provisions for this event, you can contact our Access & Inclusion Manager, Charlie at: charlie@reclaimtheframe.org.
Editorial
COMMISSIONED response to THE BLUE INMATES
A Mental Illness that Affects the Sane
by Natasha Anthea Lay
"We cannot be cured, but we can get better."
A man is admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit. Like many patients in the psychiatric unit, he has been admitted multiple times before – the first time he was admitted, it was under a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. The second time, he was given a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Upon the nurse handing him the man’s file, the psychiatrist assigned to the man exclaims: ‘Good lord, who were the two useless idiots who saw this man before me? Depression? Bipolar disorder? This man is clearly a schizophrenic!’ The nurse shrunk. ‘Doctor,’ he sheepishly replied, ‘I’m afraid it was you.’