''Out of the Shadow'' is a grassroots

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

by Susan Smiley concerning her mother, Mildred Smiley. Mildred Smiley is a

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woman who has battled

schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis. Major symptoms include hallucinations (typically hearing voices), delusions, and disorganized thinking. Other symptoms include social wit ...

for over twenty years. The documentary chronicles her journey from psychiatric wards,

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and

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s in

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, United States. ''Out of the Shadow'' is composed of interview footage interspersed with home movies and photographs. The film has been positively reviewed by mental health journals such as '' Clinical Psychiatry News'' and the '' Journal of Medical Humanities''.

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