Julie on the Line

Directed by: Mia Ma Released: 2023 (educational) Year of Production: 2022 Running Time: 78 min Language: French Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Mental Health Studies                 One day, Julie heard voices threatening her. Doctors gave her electroshocks, marabouts tried to exorcise her, she ingested many medicines, drank a lot of potions, spent days in the hospital and long hours locked up at home trying to forget the past and imagine the future. From an administrative point of view, since her first hospitalization she is considered 80% mentally disabled. To me, she is a precious friend, a sensitive soul, a resistant who decided that she would not make "a career as a victim". I have been filming her for five years. Together, we dive into her past and discover the story of a heroine. Award of the Ecrans Documentaires d'Arcueil 2021 and Special Mention of the Students Award (Prix des lycéns), Special Mention at Sheffield Doc Fest 2022