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Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center For Feeling Therapy

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United States202515 minEnglish
Going Sane: The Rise and Fall of the Center For Feeling Therapy

A 1970s Los Angeles therapy collective rises with utopian promise before devolving into a business-minded cult built on control and abuse.

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A 1970s Los Angeles therapy collective rises with utopian promise before devolving into a business-minded cult built on control and abuse.

Documentary Short Film ProgramShort Film ProgramAll ShortsNonfictionClosed CaptionU.S. Only- less

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This film is a part of a shorts program. Please go to the program page to view available screening times.

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Joey Izzo

  • Producers

    Adam Ridley

    Jordan Londe

    Ryan Ridley

  • Director of Photography

    Gabriel Patay

  • Production Designer

    Francesca Palombo

  • Editors

    Adam Ridley

    Joey Izzo

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Joey Izzo

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Joey Izzo creates experimental, fiction, and documentary films like You’ve Never Been Completely Honest, which screened at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Bare Room (NYFF), and Stepsister (Cannes). He also produces documentary podcasts, including series on The Blair Witch Project and The Art of Documentary hosted by renowned documentarian Jim LeBrecht.

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