A subsequent television special is planned. Inc. Ex-Eastman Kodak filmmaker Richard D. Young is director of photography. We explore the stigma and myths that surround this brain disorder and show people helped by modern therapy, as well as people who are not in formal treatment programs. Some experts estimate that as many as two in every 100 people during our lifetime will have some form of schizophrenia. Some of the people in the film have been living with schizophrenia for more then 30 years.
Common symptoms range from abnormal thoughts and perceptions to a loss of normal functions.
Without medication, some people with schizophrenia can be the victims of 'voices' that dictate their actions. Diagnosis by a psychiatrist is recommended. Filmed in South Africa, Europe and the United States, it focused on Afrikaner clergyman Beyers Naude's opposition to apartheid. The film is based in Honeoye, near Rochester, New York. Wheeler available for interview.