SYNOPSIS

    "When an unconventional 1960s Connecticut couple turn to psychiatry for help with their troubled marriage, their lives spiral out of control. Allis and Charley submit themselves and their four children to a daily barrage of group and individual therapies. But things get worse. Pills are prescribed, family members are sent away. The family, as instructed by their doctors, record their discussions and fights. Smart, free-thinking Allis begins to question the therapy.

    Her heart-wrenching audio diaries tell a story of oppression, abuse and institutionalized misogyny. Remarkably, all of these recordings were preserved, hidden away for Allis's children to discover after her death. The film uses this intimate material combined with home movies and an unusual soundtrack to viscerally reconstruct the family's struggle and to comment on the mores of American culture in the '60s. The result is brilliant, a searing indictment of the nuclear family and a moving tribute to a woman who fought convention."

-Hot docs 2008 Programmer Shannon Abel

    Written, produced, directed and edited my Morgan Dews, grandson of Allis and Charley.

    Composer and recording artist Paul Damian Hogan of Frances has created a lush and engrossing score. Renowned Design Director, Lisa Kwon, fashioned stellar graphics and animated sequences for the film. Executive Producer, Alison Bourke was Executive Producer on This Film is Not Yet Rated and Z Channel: a magnificent obsession. Brett Graves mixed the sound at Creative Bubble.

    Mark Lipsky, Brian Devine and Brooke Devine of Gigantic Releasing will be releasing the film theatrically in the English speaking world!!!