Probably the most popular question I am asked is, “How did you get involved with making a film about the Peoria State Hospital?” The answer is: completely by chance. I grew up about an hour and a half from the Peoria State Hospital and never heard a peep about it. Read more…
The problem presented itself over 100 years ago is still very much alive today. There were mentally ill people, no means to treat them, and nowhere to put them. Back then, psychiatric drugs were yet to be discovered and many families couldn’t control their own severely mentally ill family Read more…
Are you interested in seeing FOR THE INCURABLE INSANE? Would you like to view the film in your own town? Are you a teacher potentially interested in using this film in your classrooms? Currently, I am contacting libraries throughout the state of Illinois to host screenings of this documentary for entertainment and educational purposes. Read more…
When I began the project, I knew I didn’t want to have just one single narrator. Of course, the voice of Dr. George Zeller would be constant, but all of the stories had to be told by different individuals. After all, the asylum is still filled with stories, many untold. Read more…
After receiving my Cinema degree, it quickly became apparent that I needed to work to survive. No time was allowed to work on the projects I wanted to work on. There was laundry to do, errands to run, jobs to work… absolutely no time to even begin the beginnings of Read more…
The narration sessions for the film proved to be much more work than expected. Of course, I put way more on my plate than I should have… but I knew I wanted to get as much material as possible to work with. We were on a tight schedule and had Read more…
The cemeteries are the ones similar to the movies… but these are not as they seem and even more original than one could ever imagine. Endless rows of stone, listing a faded number assigned to that of the forgotten and unloved. The stones change from era to vanishing era. Some Read more…