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What's Eating My Mind
2022  |  47min  |  Documentary  |  NR
Synopsis
Noella Luka is a filmmaker who dreamed of living and working abroad. That dream came to an end when she was hospitalized and diagnosed with bipolar disorder while at film school in the U.S. Now back in Kenya, where mental health issues are usually taboo, Noella’s been recollecting, recording what she can remember, trying to shine a light on what happened to her and why. But doing so makes everyone feel uncomfortable, including herself, so she has to figure out how to talk to her family, friends, and community. How come nobody noticed anything or did they, and they didn’t want to talk about it? Her family tries to be supportive, but they are unsure of what this means. It feels like she has to change everything, including her friends. Her old friends can’t understand what she is going through. How can they? She then joins a support group, where she meets Nick, he relocates back home from Columbia where he was on a journey to become a catholic priest. The promise of wealth in a foreign land, culture shock, disappointment about his life’s path, and discrimination as a foreigner saw him question his decision to become a priest. He was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Back home, Nick is trying to fit in a world that constantly questions his life choices. His closest family is his grandma and sister, sister still has faith that he will thrive in life. Nick exposes the difference in life when one doesn’t have any support system. When Nick disappears, Noella has to try to help the family find him. This also takes a toll on her, and after her mother becomes unwell, she finds herself amidst a storm. How does she survive this?
Cast
CREDITS, Written and
 directed by, Noella Luka, Produced by, Sam Soko (LBX AFRICA), Don Edkins (STEPS), Tiny Mungwe (STEPS), Supported by, Deutsche Welle Akademie, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
, Robert Bosch Foundation, Bertha Foundation, International Sales and Distribution, STEPS (South Africa)
Director:
Noella Luka
Country of Origin:
South Africa, Kenya
Language(s):
Swahili, English, Luo, Kamba, French
Thematic Focus:
Healing and Hope, Mental Health
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