A SUMMER IN THE CAGE is filmmaker Ben Selkow's feature-length documentary chronicling his friend Sam's battle with manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder.

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Release Date:: December 9, 2008
Genre:: Documentary DVD and Download-to-Own
Studio:: Indiepix Films - http://www.indiepixfilms.com/film/3559

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A Summer in the Cage

A Summer in the Cage Some photos and coverage from the 2009 MHA Media Awards Luncheon. http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/centennial-conference/highlights/june-13

Mental Health America: 2009 Conference Highlights: June 13

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2009 Conference Highlights: June 13: Mental Health America

June 23 at 9:20am

Brook at 4:37pm June 23

Fantastic! and look at you, even wearing a suit!

A Summer in the Cage getting ready to head to Washington, DC for the Mental Health America Conference, Luncheon, Gala and Awards Presentation. Outreach and Publicity Time! Will you spread the word about ASITC on DVD: www.indiepixfilms.com/film/3559?

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A Summer in the Cage is a feature-length documentary about Sam Murchison's battle with manic-depressive illness--a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function marked by manic highs and depressive lows, also known as bipolar disorder. ...

June 9 at 2:30pm

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Brook at 5:38pm June 9

Congrats Ben!

Ellyn at 8:02pm June 9

We watched your wonderful show on Israeli tv last week! Congratulations!

A Summer in the Cage just won the Mental Health America (MHA) 2009 Media Award! Award Presentation in Washington, DC in June. Awards posting forthcoming: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/conference/awards

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Awards: Mental Health America

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Chadbyrne at 12:26pm May 24

One asked below for comments about SOLOIST. There is no comment box so I will answer here. The film, although solid in many respects, failed miserably short to demonstrate any insight into mental illness. Jamie Foxx simply channels Hoffman for his best Rain Man impersonation throughout. The largest disgrace is that the film never explains how... Read More/why Foxx has this disease and how best to treat it. What a joke. The American public needs to be EDUCATED in this disease and specifically bi-polar Even college educated folks believe that shizophrenia means that "one has multiple personalities" and bi-polar means "one has high highs and low lows" both of which we know are BS. Hopefully, someone will have the guts to show it the way it is.

A Summer in the Cage is curious to know what folks thought of Jamie Foxx's performance as a schizophrenic in THE SOLOIST (question of the day)?

April 27 at 1:45pm

Kristina at 3:45pm April 27

What do you think?

Sharon at 8:02am April 28

I wasn't going to see it, but maybe I will now

A Summer in the Cage is available on DVD - www.indiepixfilms.com/film/3559

March 10 at 9:35pm

A Summer in the Cage is getting ready to air on Sundance Channel. Check for airtimes: www.sundancechannel.com/films/500252338

March 4 at 4:58pm

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Robert at 7:21am March 10

I just watched this on Sundance. It was moving. I felt for both Sam and Ben. You can't grasp exactly why this disease occurs in the human experience, why it is present in our DNA to unfold and be a force you cannot recon with except to take medication so you can learn to live and manage with it. But anyone who has depression or bipolar, or even... Read More anyone experiencing extremely difficult times in their live for one reason or another knows that simply managing or dealing with a problem is not a particularly satisfying or easy thing in and of itself. Basic problems do have a tencency to be resolved and go away, unfortunately, this disease does not. But this film is unique in its ability to display the unfolding of a mental disability and how a human copes with the unknown unfolding within himself. I hope Sam is well. Ben, I am sure you have learned much by doing this film and I hope everyone who see it will take advantage of its unique footage

Barb at 7:26pm March 21

Ben, this must have been so hard for you to do for six years, but it is an amazing piece of work and you should be very proud. Sam, you should be very proud of yourself. Through your very difficult struggle, you have given the world of bi-polar disease a face and hope. Thank you both of you.