www.crookedbeauty.com
"Crooked Beauty is that rare breed of film that is both a socially relevant documentary while at the same time a work of artistic beauty. The combination is breathtaking and inspiring."
Jay Rosenblatt, filmmaker, Human Remains

Crooked Beauty is a poetic documentary that chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara’s transformative journey from childhood abuse to psych ward patient to pioneering mental health advocacy. It is an intimate portrait of her intense personal quest to live with courage and dignity, and a powerful critique of standard psychiatric treatments. Poignant testimonials connect the fissures and fault lines of human nature to the unstable topography and mercurial weather patterns of the San Francisco Bay Area. Crooked Beauty reshapes mental health stigmas through a new healing culture and political model for living with madness as a tool of creativity, inspiration and hope.

(30 minutes)
Best Short Documentary, Mendocino Film Festival; US Super 8 Film & Video Festival, NJ – Grand Prize Winner, Best Short Documentary; Human Dignity Film Festival, Sonoma, CA – Best of Fest; Athens International Film & Video Festival, OH - Second Prize, Documentary Short; Superfest International Disability Film Festival, Berkeley, CA – Award of Merit; International Super 8 Film Festival, Hungary – Best of Fest and Audience Choice Award