I felt like any individual's recovery was more important than the film I was making. And I actually felt that my presence was a form of witness that communicated to the people I was following that their lives mattered.
Brian LindstromIn documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I've noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the tyranny of the non-linear.
Brian LindstromIt can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or clichรฉ.
Brian LindstromOne thing people often forget when making a documentary is that, in a sense, you still have to cast, find a star, and it has all of those built-in challenges.
Brian Lindstrom