What Is Eating My Mind - BBC Africa Eye documentary
‘What Is Eating My Mind’ is an insightful and deeply personal story of living with bipolar disorder in Kenya, where the issue of mental health is often taboo.
Noella Luka was living out her dream of studying filmmaking in the US when a manic episode turned her life upside down. She was hospitalised and diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Noella quit film school, returned to Kenya, and picked up a camera. For years, she has kept a record of her battle with bipolar disorder and her search for answers to one burning question: ‘What Is Eating My Mind?’ While filming, she faces her biggest challenge yet, but her story is one of hope.
Noella is also working to give a voice to others navigating mental health challenges – including a friend, who was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and received unorthodox treatment within a religious group.
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CREDITS:
Directed and filmed by Noella Luka
Featuring - Cecilia Luka, Luke Nzangi, Nicholas Osir, Raphael Nzangi, Romeo Nyalo and Family, Angeline Musee, Fr. Geoffrey Inira, Michael Kwali and Family, Leonida Osir, Veronica Awuor, Martin Wathika, Mental Voices Africa Support Group, Kamili Mental Health Organization
Cinematography - Wambui “Bo” Muigai
Sound Recording - Edward Ahenda, Diana Kairu
Original Music By Rigga
Archive sources - KTN Kenya, NTV Kenya, Falling Walls Foundation, CGTN
Story and Edit Consultants - Catherine Olsen, Anna Ryndova
Editors - Wavua Mwambonu, Khalid Shamis S.A.G.E
Communications and Impact - Lucky Mwachi, Chloe Genga
Production Managers - Ivy Kiru
Assistant Producers - Bérénice Hahn, Ruth Munyiri
Assistant Editor - Jordan Inaan
STEPS – South Africa - Executive Producer - Don Edkins
ARTE France - Society and Culture Department - Fabrice Puchault
Commissioning Editors - Anne Charbonnel
BBC
Reversioning Producer - Anna Payton
Editor - Ian Lloyd BFE
Sound mix - Jez Spencer
Grade - Boyd Nagle
Online Editor - Chris Stott
Digital Producer - Tamasin Ford
Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar
Executive Producers - Bramwel Iro
Producers - Sam Soko, Tiny Mungwe
BBC Executive Producer - Peter Murimi , Dickon Le Marchant
Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson
Produced with the financial support of
Robert Bosch Stiftung
Hot Docs Blue Ice Fund
Bertha Foundation
STEPS
Docubox
Supported by the
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
DW Akademie
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