John's Not Mad
MovieTitle | John's Not Mad |
User score | 3.8 |
Release date | Mar 14, 1989 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Valerie Kaye |
Production country | US |
Production companies | BBC |
Run time | 28 min. |
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.