A Town Called Needville
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Told through 35mm photographs and first-person narration, "A Town Called Needville" traces the filmmaker's four-month inpatient stay at an all-women’s mental health facility in Needville, Texas. Drawing from journal entries and observations recorded during treatment, this film offers a rare, unfiltered window into the daily rhythms, absurdities, and quiet tragedies of institutional life, and the nonlinear process of healing from trauma. What begins as an intimate reckoning gradually unfolds into a collective portrait of resilience and mutual care, anchored by the question:
“What are you willing to risk to get better?” |
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CREDITS
Directed & Narrated by Audrey Lane Executive Produced by Chris Hyde and Cary McQueen Produced by Cassandra Carmen Rosado & Audrey Lane Edited by Angie Nicholas & Audrey Lane Sound & Score by Steve Mathew Carter Sound Mix by Joseph Neilon Magee Story Consultants Chris Hyde, Jeff Lee Petry, & Glenn Holsten Featuring Audrey Lane, Alex Ruiz & Maddie Park Created with support from Arts With Impact & Commission for Behavioral Health |
SCREENINGS
34th Raindance Film Festival, World Premiere - Best Documentary Short Nominee |