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Twitch and Shout provides an intimate journey into the startling world of Tourette Syndrome (TS) told through the eyes of a photojournalist with TS. An emotionally absorbing, sometimes unsettling, and ultimately uplifting film about people who must contend with a society that often sees them as crazy or bad--and a body and mind that won't do what it's told.
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a genetic disorder that can cause a bizarre range of involuntary movements, obscene vocalizations and compulsions.
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"What a wonderful, compassionate, funny, instructive, inspiring and flat-out brilliant documentary...Twitch and Shout is an hour likely to change your opinions, or change you, period. It doesn't get much better than this." David Bianculli The New York Daily News
"A fascinating hour-long glimpse into the lives of people who must present a face tot he world that doesn't always tally with their own sense of self." Boston Globe Magazine
"It enlightens us--in the full meaning of the word--by throwing the light of understanding on what we don't know and therefore fear. Highly recommended. Editors choice." Video Librarian
"A gem of a film which conveys the human side of Tourette Syndrome in a way that no textbook ever can. I will continue to use it as a key teaching tool in my courses." Edward A. Kravitz, Professor Harvard Medical School
AWARDS
1996 Emmy Award Nominee
PBS Natl. Broadcast, 1995 P.O.V. series
Best of Category - Golden Gate Awards, 1995 San Francisco Int'l Film Festival Gold Apple Award - Natl. Educational Media Network
Best Documentary Film - Southern California Psychiatric Society
WorldFest Gold Award - Charleston Int'l Film & Video Festival
Outstanding Independent Video Award - New England Film & Video Festival
CINE Golden Eagle
Award of Excellence & Pyramid for Distinction in Medical Communications-American Medical Writers Assn.
Robinson Award nomination in Electronic Media from the American Psychiatric Association
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