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John's Not Mad

John's Not Mad

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 14, 1989

Runtime

0h 28m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

38%

Original Title

John's Not Mad

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Valerie Kaye

Description

John's Not Mad is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries. The film shadows John Davidson, a 15-year-old from Galashiels in Scotland, who had severe Tourette syndrome. John's life was explored in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all coped with a misunderstood condition.