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Documentary film maker ALLIE LIGHT
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Allie Light's film 'Dialogues With Madwomen' won the 1994 Freedom of Expression Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Allie Light and Irving Saraf's previous work, 'In The Shadow of the Stars', won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Allie Light checked herself into a day psychiatric facility for three months in 1963 due to depression.
2: Documentary film maker ALLIE LIGHT. Her new film, "Dialogues With Madwomen," won the 1994 "Freedom of Expression Award" at the Sundance Film Festival. In the film, seven women describe their bouts with mental illness, including LIGHT, who checked herself into a day psychiatric facility for three months in 1963 because of problems with depression. LIGHT co-produced the film with Irving Saraf. Their previous work, "In The Shadow of the Stars," won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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