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Documenting Our Presence

Documenting Our Presence. Produced by NAMI NEW JERSEY 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ 08902 Ph: (732) 940 0991 Fax: 732 940 0355 info@naminj.org www.naminj.org. Multicultural Experiences of Mental Illness. The Project.

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Documenting Our Presence

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  1. Documenting Our Presence Produced by NAMI NEW JERSEY1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ 08902Ph: (732) 940 0991 Fax: 732 940 0355info@naminj.orgwww.naminj.org Multicultural Experiences of Mental Illness

  2. The Project • Produce a short documentary that encapsulates the experiences of the diverse communities served by NAMI NEW JERSEY, to be used as an outreach tool, and a supplement to cultural competence training for providers and educators.

  3. The People • The communities involved • South Asian • Latino • Chinese • African American

  4. The Prologue Obtaining funding: NAMI Inclusion Grant and NJ Division of Mental Health Services Mini Grant. Selecting Omusha Communications to produce the documentary: A creative, empathetic and flexible team that made a genuine effort to understand mental illness. Working with families and consumers to encourage participation, battling stigma within their communities to step forward.

  5. The Process • Finding locations, gaining permission to shoot at churches, offices, universities • Working with filmmakers to format interviews, providing back stories, providing photos • Assisting with shooting, ensuring that participants were comfortable revealing personal stories on camera • Reviewing several drafts to edit and winnow down footage to the details required.

  6. The End • Designing cover and packaging • Duplication and copying • Creating viewer guide, evaluations • Arranging premiere

  7. Epilogue • Distributing and showing documentary statewide to agencies and community groups.

  8. Lessons Learned • Everything always takes longer than you expect:The longest part of the whole process was designing cover art and duplication. • Targeting a single audience is easier than targeting a broader, general audience:Students in a psychology class wanted more detail on illnesses; community groups wanted more family perspective. • This intent that went into the making of this documentary has been perceived and appreciated: • Audiences have been emotionally moved by the experience.

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