A part auto-ethnographic experimental film about the act of listening to people who struggle with mental health challenges on a long-term basis, made by Ringo Schut. The film follows the maker and four other persons while they explain part of their experiences and how they cope with their situations. The result is a film that looks at people’s experiences with mental illness, the meaning of health and ways to cope and help each other. Through the use of montage, self-made music, experimentalism and deep interview focus, five people separately tell a shared story about different experiences.
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Ringo Schut is a visual anthropologist and Filmmaker based in Amsterdam. Growing up with a wide range of interests, he aims to combine various experiences and creative endeavours within his work, through the use of experimentation with colors, music and rhythms. His love for interviewing and film making, combined with his own experiences with mental health, brought him to Leiden University to work on this mental health film project in an ethnographic manner.
