30+ SAD DOCUMENTARIES THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRY
Los Angeles, California | August 27, 2024
“A poetic and haunting examination of mental illness, this documentary recounts the tragic story of Linda Bishop through her own diary entries, as she slowly succumbed to her delusions while living in an abandoned farmhouse.”
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BC SONGWRITER SHINES LIGHT ON WOMAN’S HEARTBREAKING TRUE STORY
British Columbia, Canada | March 28, 2022
“When BC singer-songwriter Jamesy watched the 2016 documentary film God Knows Where I Am (Wider Film Projects) on Netflix for the first time (and in the four or five viewings since then), he found it equally disturbing and fascinating. The film inspired him to write and record his new album Snow and the Apple Tree, which he releases this week under the musical moniker ether and bones.”
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STALLER CENTER TO VIRTUALLY SCREEN EMMY-WINNING FILM BY SETAUKET BROTHERS
Greater Long Island | July 23, 2020
“In light of its film festival being postponed, Stony Brook University’s Staller Center is hosting a new kind of event: a virtual screening of the award-winning movie “God Knows Where I Am.””
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STONY BROOK FILM FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE SCREENING OF ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
News 12 | July 2, 2020
“The Stony Brook Film Festival, presented by Island Federal, is presenting the Emmy Award-Winning film, “GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM,” on July 25 at 8:00 p.m. at the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University.”
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STONY BROOK FILM FESTIVAL TO REVEAL PLANS DURING SPECIAL SCREENING
Newsday | June 30, 2020
The Stony Brook Film Festival will reveal plans for this year’s edition in late July during a special free screening for at-home audiences.
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OSCAR-WINNING FILMS TO RELATE TO ON THIRTEEN
Thirteen | February 20, 2020
“Though it is no longer streaming the full film, THIRTEEN presented God Knows Where I Am in 2018, which followed the story of Linda Bishop, a well-educated New Hampshire mother who battled severe bipolar disorder and homelessness. The topic of treating someone with mental illness, with or without their consent, is explored in this article on THIRTEEN.”
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AND THE OSCAR FOR MOST INSPIRING FILM DISTRIBUTOR GOES TO…
Forbes | February 8, 2020
“Jedd and Todd Wider’s God Know Where I Am has definitely been a home run. We won an Emmy for it in the TV and news documentary section, and it was broadcast on PBS and Netflix. In terms of audience impact, it’s probably had the broadest reach because of the channels that we licensed it to.”
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THE TOP 13 CHILLING DOCUMENTARIES ON NETFLIX
Decider | October 29, 2019
“God Knows Where I Am is a shockingdocumentary about a homeless woman found dead in a vacant New Hampshire farmhouse and the surprisingly-complex story behind how she got there.”
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PBS WINS NINE NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMYS
PBS | September 25, 2019
“PBS programs were honored with nine News & Documentary Emmy® Awards, the second most-earned by any organization.”
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NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS: HBO AND PBS DOMINATE
The Wrap | September 25, 2019
“In a ceremony Tuesday night, the Television Academy announced the winners of the 2019 News & Documentary Emmy Awards.” Four went to “Independent Lens,” two to “Frontline,” two to “PBS News Hour” and one to “God Knows Where I Am.”
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EVERYONE’S LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE IN THIS WEEK’S RELEASES
Digital Journal | January 1, 2019
“The documentary begins as a condemnation of the system that failed Linda, but evolves into the story of an individual’s tragic life and desire for an impossible freedom.”
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2018 STORIES OF THE YEAR: AN OLD STORY ABOUT A SICK WOMAN LIVES ON
Concord Monitor | December 29, 2018
“Not even the passage of 10 years since her tragic death could dull interest in Linda Bishop, the Rochester woman whose story of mental illness, shown in a documentary on two major networks this year, attracted lots of attention from local readers and beyond.”
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‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’ ARRIVES ON DVD
Cleveland.com | November 15, 2018
This heart-wrenching 2016 documentary uses a diary to retrace the life and death struggles of a homeless woman, a victim of domestic abuse. Linda Bishop’s body was found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse, where she spent the last four months of her life in winter surviving on rainwater and apples and chronicling her thoughts on paper. Winner of 13 awards, it was nominated for two at the 2016 Cleveland International Film Festival. Jedd and Todd Wider shared the directing duties. Unrated, 97 minutes.
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LINDA BISHOP’S TRAGIC STORY SHOWN ON NETFLIX
Concord Monitor | November 13, 2018
Following its run on PBS, God Knows Where I Am, the documentary covering Linda Bishop’s tragic journey from the New Hampshire State Hospital to her death at an abandoned home in Concord, is currently part of the Netflix lineup.
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THE DVD WRAPUP
Movie City News | November 1, 2018
“Jedd and Todd Wider’s extremely sad and thought-provoking documentary, God Knows Where I Am, not only makes us care about a woman whose death wouldn’t otherwise have mattered to us, but it also considers what society owes people destined to self-destruct. It is the story of Linda Bishop, a well-educated New Hampshire mother, who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis, and died alone in an unheated New Hampshire farmhouse, in winter, alongside her diary. Without beating viewers over the head with actuarial data and psychiatric double-speak, God Knows Where I Am paints a detailed portrait of Bishop, through the memories of those who knew her, and tortured excerpts from the diaries. They are read by actress/co-producer Lori Singer in a voiceover performance that tears at the heart, while evoking the spirit of a woman determined to live or die on her own terms.”
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‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’ DOCUMENTS HOW MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM FAILED ONE WOMAN
Megan Kelly TODAY | October 15, 2018
Linda Bishop was a well-educated New Hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis. She was intermittently incarcerated and homeless, eventually spending almost four months in isolation, where she died. Linda’s sister, Joan Bishop, and daughter, Caitlin Murtagh, join TODAY’s Megyn Kelly to talk about their loved one’s painful journey, documented in the PBS documentary “God Knows Where I Am.””
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WNET HOSTS “GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM” SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION AHEAD OF PREMIERE
WNET | October 15, 2018
WNET Vice President of Programming Stephen Segaller and Executive Producer Lesley Norman gave opening remarks, and the screening was followed by a lively panel discussion with the filmmakers Todd and Jedd Wider; Beth Haroules, senior staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union; and Matt Kudish, executive director of the NYC Metro chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness. The panelists stressed the need for more resources for the mental health care system, and the importance of providing families with education and support so they can help loved ones obtain appropriate treatment.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – WATCHING
The New York Times | October 15, 2018
“In the pantheon of haunting documentaries about human tragedy, this is way up there. Linda Bishop was a woman with severe mental illness who died of starvation in a vacant New Hampshire farmhouse, even though help was, ostensibly, all around her. But she never wanted the help and had always rejected her diagnoses, creating an impossible conflict between herself, her family and the state. (You can read about it in this 2011 New Yorker article.) She kept an eloquent journal while squatting in the house, and this doc pulls heavily from it, letting Bishop describe her life and perspective in her own words.”
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WHAT’S ON TV MONDAY
The New York Times | October 15, 2018
“GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). This documentary follows the story of Linda Bishop, a New Hampshire mother with severe bipolar disorder and psychosis who eventually starved to death after hiding in an abandoned farmhouse. The film examines society’s treatment of Bishop and of others with mental health conditions and the systems that allow them to fall through the cracks. In his review for The Times, Andy Webster wrote that the film “addresses unresolved issues of personal autonomy versus a patient’s inability to protect herself.””
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WHAT’S ON TV TONIGHT
The Washington Post | October 15, 2018
“God Knows Where I Am (WETA at 10) The story of Linda Bishop, a New Hampshire mother who dealt with severe bipolar disorder and homelessness.”
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MONDAY’S TV HIGHLIGHTS
Los Angeles Times | October 15, 2018
“God Knows Where I Am This shattering two-hour documentary follows the diary of a deceased homeless woman that was found near her body in a New Hampshire farmhouse. Narrated by Lori Singer. 10 p.m. KOCE.”
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TV BEST BETS – WEEK OF 101418
Cadillac News | October 15, 2018
“Linda Bishop was a New Hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis. She imprisoned herself in an abandoned farmhouse and remained there, a prisoner of her own mind, eventually starving to death.”
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TV BEST BETS FOR 10-15-18
Times Union | October 15, 2018
“Linda Bishop was a New Hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis. She imprisoned herself in an abandoned farmhouse and remained there, a prisoner of her own mind, eventually starving to death.”
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PBS AND HBO OFFER TWO POWERFUL DOCUMENTARIES
Post Bulletin | October 12, 2018
“A life unraveled emerges in diary entries and interviews in the documentary “God Knows Where I Am” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings). The film’s title can be stated and interpreted in two very different ways. Put the accent on the second word and it seems an exasperated, even sarcastic, admission of disorientation and loss. Keep the emphasis on the first and it’s a declaration of certainty.”
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WITF TV PICKS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14, 2018
WITF | October 12, 2018
“Discover the story of Linda Bishop, a New Hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis. She imprisoned herself in an abandoned farmhouse and remained there, a prisoner of her own mind, eventually starving to death.”
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TV THIS WEEK, OCT. 14-20
LA Times | October 12, 2018
“The new documentary “God Knows Where I Am” uses a deceased homeless woman’s personal diary to tell the tragic tale of her descent into isolation, starvation and madness. 10 p.m. KOCE”
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GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM – MONDAY AT 10AM
WUFT | October 11, 2018
“The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality.”
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DOC ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’ COMING TO DVD OCT. 23
Media Play News | October 10, 2018
“MVD Entertainment Group Oct. 23 will release on DVD Juno Films’ GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM, the story of Linda Bishop, a woman who suffered from bipolar disorder and died alone in an abandoned house.”
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GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM COMING TO DVD OCTOBER 23RD
Broadway World | October 10, 2018
“God Knows Where I Am is the story of Linda Bishop, a well-educated New Hampshire mother who suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis, who was intermittently incarcerated and homeless, inevitably being committed for three years to a state psychiatric facility.”
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THE HOMELESS JOURNEY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
WBFO | October 1, 2018
“A new documentary premieres Tuesday afternoon in our WNED|WBFO studio to shine the light on a heartbreaking mental illness story.”
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FLIXX FEST WILL ATTRACT HUNDREDS TO SCOTT VALLEY
The Siskiyou Daily News | September 13, 2018
“Well-made material is most important, Peterson said, and sometimes subject matter is more challenging. A previous year’s film, for instance, entitled “God Knows Where I Am,” is a documentary about a homeless woman suffering from bipolar disorder, and her struggle to survive in an abandoned farmhouse during a harsh New Hampshire winter.”
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DOCUMENTARY ON WOMAN’S MENTAL ILLNESS TO PREMIERE NATIONALLY
The Associated Press | September 10, 2018
“A documentary directed by Emmy-winning brothers that captures the life of a New Hampshire woman who slipped through the cracks of the state’s mental health system is debuting to the national public.”
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LINDA BISHOP’S HEARTBREAKING STORY OF LONELINESS WILL BE SHARED BY THE COUNTRY
Concord Monitor | September 8, 2018
“Once, Linda Bishop was alone in life, falling through cracks in the state’s mental health system and then seeking warmth in an abandoned house in Concord.”
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LINDA BISHOP’S HEARTBREAKING STORY OF LONELINESS WILL BE SHARED BY THE COUNTRY
PBS | September 6, 2018
“Structuring the film around a narration made up of Linda’s diary entries (voiced by Lori Singer) and artfully-shot footage of the actual farmhouse in which she hid, the Wider brothers complement all this with home videos, family photos, and interviews with her family and mental health experts. The result is a somber and powerful work that creates a strong sense of empathy with Linda Bishop and a deeper understanding of the pain that mental health crises can cause, both for those suffering directly from a mental health condition and for their loved ones.”
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PBS TO PREMIERE ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
TV News Desk | September 5, 2018
“In May 2008, the body of Linda Bishop was found in an abandoned New Hampshire home along with a journal that documented her journey of starvation and loss of sanity. God Knows Where I Am, premiering Monday, October 15 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) tells Bishop’s story.”
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PBS SETS PREMIERE DATE FOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Anita Busch | August 27, 2018
“PBS has set October 15 at 10 PM for the national broadcast of feature documentary God Knows Where I Am marking the directorial debut of Jedd Wider and Todd Wider and narrated by Lori Singer.”
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TODD WIDER ’86 AND JEDD WIDER ’89: MOVING PICTURES
Agatha Bordonaro | July 11, 2018
“Filmmaking brothers use their spare time to promote social-justice issues through real-life stories.”
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TODAY ON TV: LINDA’S TRAGIC STORY: SHE DIED IN A DESERTED HOUSE OF HUNGER – WHY DID SHE GO TO VISIT?
Ilta Sanomat | February 21, 2018
“Linda Bishop was an intelligent young woman. She was born into a middle-class family, graduated with an art history degree and became a mother. Everything changed when Linda’s mind got sick.”
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THE FARMHOUSE, SHOWN IN A DOCUMENTARY, IS GONE, TO BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING MORE HELPFUL
Concord Monitor | December 17, 2017
“The big white farmhouse on Mountain Road, near Sanborn and Sewalls Falls roads, is gone, razed to make room for new homes and families. It stood lonely for years, with a blank expression of chipping paint and rotting wood that, to passing drivers, blended into the landscape like the anonymous woman who lived inside nearly 10 years ago.”
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PBS PICKS UP FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Deadline | December 4, 2017
“PBS has picked the critically acclaimed and truly heartbreaking documentary God Knows Where I Am, narrated by actress Lori Singer. It marks the directorial debut of Emmy- and Peabody-winning and Oscar-nominated Jedd Wider and Todd Wider. PBS acquires very few full-length feature documentaries per year, so this is significant.
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PBS PICKS UP DOCUMENTARY ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM,’ NARRATED BY LORI SINGER
Broadway World | December 4, 2017
“PBS has picked up the documentary GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM. The feature is narrated by Lori Singer (FAME, LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT). The film also marks the directorial debut from Jedd Wider and Todd Wider. The documentary is set to air in 2018.”
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FILM TARGETS MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA
Salon | November 29, 2017
“LIVE: Film targets mental health in America @god_knows_where Dir Jedd & @ToddWider #SalonTalks.”
MOUNTAIN ROAD HOME SET TO BE DEMOLISHED USED FOR CONCORD FIRE TRAINING
Concord Monitor | November 21, 2017
“This particular house came to national attention last year when a film was made about Linda Bishop, a woman who died there in 2008. Bishop struggled with mental illness for many years and lived in the house without anyone knowing. Her body was discovered long after she died. Her story was the subject of a nationally touring film, God Knows Where I Am.”
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WITH LINDA BISHOP
VG+ | November 6, 2017
“The body of a homeless woman is found on an abandoned farm in New Hampshire along with a diary documenting voluntary hunger and loss of mind.”
‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’ FILMMAKER WANTS THE AUDIENCE TO BE SHAKEN BY POOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE U.S.
IndieWire | October 13, 2017
“Though the film starts out mysteriously, it does not tell the story of a murder or even a suicide — it tells the story of how Bishop’s mental illness led directly to her death, and raises questions about mental health care in the U.S. and what could have been done to prevent it. After a screening of the film at the International Documentary Association’s annual screening series in Los Angeles, Wider said that Bishop’s story struck him as “particularly tragic and lonesome.”
DOCUMENTARY ASKS WHETHER PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ARE GIVEN TOO MANY CIVIL LIBERTIES
WBUR Radio Boston | August 29, 2017
“In May 2008, a man noticed that a house in Concord, N.H., was for sale, and tried to look inside. Looking in the windows, he discovered the body of a woman. Next to her were two journals, which included the entry: “To whomever finds my body: My death as a result of domestic violence/abuse. I talked with and wrote too many people in position of authority about this. But no one would help me.” The mystery surrounding this woman’s death in an empty house is the subject of an award-winning documentary God Knows Where I Am.”
GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM: A SOUL’S STORY
American Cinematographer | June 23, 2017
“God Knows Where I Am is a study of society’s failure to care for the mentally ill, as well as an experimental art film that explores the independent spirit of Linda Bishop, a middle-aged woman whose bipolar/schizophrenic disorder and desire for freedom led her to starve herself to death in an abandoned farmhouse in New Hampshire. To help craft an original approach to this difficult and complex subject, veteran and award-winning documentary producers and first-time directors Todd and Jedd Wider engaged their longtime friend, cinematographer Gerardo Puglia. “
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EIGHT TO SEE AT THE MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Broadsheet | June 22, 2017
“The Wider brothers deliver a sombre and powerful exploration of the blurry line between the rights and the needs of individuals suffering from severe mental health issues.”
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INTERVIEW: JEDD AND TODD WIDER ON ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Curnblog | June 12, 2017
“Several years ago Rachel Aviv published an article in the New Yorker about Linda Bishop, a woman who had struggled with mental health issues for much of her life. In October 2007, having been recently released from psychiatric care, Linda began to suffer from paranoid delusions about being pursued. She broke into an empty New Hampshire farmhouse and hid for four months, shivering through sub-zero temperatures and living solely on apples collected from a nearby tree at night. At no point was Linda more than a minute’s walk from somebody who could help, but she may as well have been a million miles away. When her body was finally discovered in May of 2008, she had a journal in her possession.”
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A SOUL’S STORY
American Cinematographer | June 1, 2017
“God Knows Where I Am is a study of society’s failure to care for the mentally ill, as well as an experimental art film that explores the independent spirit of Linda Bishop, a middle-aged woman whose bipolar/schizophrenic disorder and desire for freedom led her to starve herself to death in an abandoned farmhouse in New Hampshire. To help craft an original approach to this difficult and complex subject, veteran and award-winning documentary producers and first-time directors Todd and Jedd Wider engaged their longtime friend, cinematographer Gerardo Puglia.”
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FILMS OFFER JOURNEYS FROM SYRIA TO WALLA WALLA
Boston Globe | May 26, 2017
“Jedd and Todd Wider, brothers who’ve produced documentaries about social justice issues for the past 16 years, make their directing debut with “God Knows Where I Am.”
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‘GOD KNOWS’ THIS IS ONE HAUNTING DOCUMENTARY
Tallahassee Democrat | May 25, 2017
“In the fall of 2007, Linda Bishop, 51, broke into a vacant farmhouse in New Hampshire and decided to stay. Bishop, who was a college-educated mother of one, decided to lie low, fill her hand-written journals and live off a diet of nothing but apples from a nearby orchard. She washed in a cold-water stream. Then winter set in.”
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FILMS OPENING MAY 12, 2017
SF Examiner | May 12, 2017
“GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM: The film uses a mystery narrative to tell the story of Linda Bishop, a well-educated New Hampshire mother diagnosed with severe bipolar psychosis who was determined avoid the mental health system after her release from a psychiatric hospital.”
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GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
SF Weekly | May 11, 2017
“On May 3, 2008, the body of Linda Bishop was found in a Concord, N.H., farmhouse, and Jedd and Todd Wider’s documentary God Knows Where I Am uses the compulsive diarist’s notebooks and interviews with family and others to trace how Bishop went from a dedicated mother to a diagnosed-but-untreated schizophrenic who began squatting in the farmhouse in October of the year before.”
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US WOMAN LINDA BISHOP’S HARROWING LAST DAYS REVEALED IN DIARY
NZ Herald | May 5, 2017
“What makes the film so different and so poignant are the words Bishop left behind in those notebooks. A month before her death, she wrote: “Dear God, please save me. I’m trying, but I don’t know what to do.”
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DOCUMENTARY OF MENTALLY ILL WOMAN’S FINAL DAYS: ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Chicago Tribune | May 3, 2017
“Linda Bishop wasn’t found until that May, along with a pair of white Reebok sneakers, socks and two spiral notebooks. Those were her only belongings. It is those notebooks, the journal of the last months of Bishop’s life, that form the basis of the remarkably moving new documentary “God Knows Where I Am” by brothers Jedd and Todd Wider.”
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PROJECTIONS
The Star | April 28, 2017
“An acclaimed documentary about a homeless woman losing her hold on reality, God Knows Where I Am opens for a run at the Carlton on April 28.”
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DIARY OF DESPERATION: FILM DOCUMENTS WOMEN’S DELUSIONAL JOURNEY
The Albuquerque Journal | April 28, 2017
“Jedd and Todd Wider have been making films together for 17 years. With their latest documentary, “God Knows Where I Am,” the brothers are tackling a serious issue – mental health.”
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FILM TELLS STORY OF MENTALLY ILL WOMAN WHO DIED IN CONCORD FARMHOUSE
Concord Monitor | April 19, 2017
“Filmmaker Todd Wider was first inspired to make a documentary about mental illness when he experienced it firsthand in his hometown of New York City…”
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INTERVIEW: ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’ EXPLORES MENTAL ILLNESS WITH ONE WOMAN’S STORY
Hollywood Soapbox | April 17, 2017
“God Knows Where I Am, the new documentary from filmmakers Jedd Wider and Todd Wider, follows the tragic and unsettling story of a woman with a mental illness who spends her final days in an abandoned country house with nothing but apples to eat…”
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PRINCETON ALUMS TODD AND JEDD WIDER RETURN TO TOWN FOR THE SCREENING OF THEIR NEW FILM: GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
Princeton Magazine | April 14, 2017
“Ahead of the release of God Knows Where I Am, which won the Special Jury Prize at last year’s Hot Docs, we put five questions to the directors…”
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GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM: 5 QUESTIONS FOR THE WIDER BROTHERS
Bertha DocHouse | April 12, 2017
“Ahead of the release of God Knows Where I Am, which won the Special Jury Prize at last year’s Hot Docs, we put five questions to the directors…”
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TELLING THE STORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
PBS ‘Doc Soup’ | April 11, 2017
“Documentary has a proud tradition of confronting this issue, dating back to Frederick Wiseman’s groundbreaking 1967 film, Titicut Follies. Directors Todd and Jedd Wider continue that honorable tradition with God Knows Where I Am.
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LORI SINGER’S NEW ROLE AS LINDA BISHOP, A WOMAN WHO ‘CREATED A WORLD FOR HERSELF & FOUND MEANING IN EVERYTHING
Fox News Radio | April 10, 2017
“FOX’s Laura Ingle spends “A Few Moments With… Singer to discuss ‘God Knows Where I Am’ and her career in acting, including the hit movie ‘Footloose.’ Singer calls the documentary a “profound story of humanity.””
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TOP 5: TOP CRITICS CELEBRATE THE DC&C ERA
Dear Cast & Crew | April 7, 2017
“We asked some of our favourite critics in the world to share their Top 5 Films of the DC&C Era (2012 – Today). Consider this an all-star cheat sheet for deciding (a) what films to finally catch up on, and (b) who you can trust (you know, besides us) when it comes to naviagting the world of cinema…”
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TODD WIDER ON THE ‘INTIMATE AND ARTISTIC JOURNEY’ OF DOCUMENTARY ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Variety | April 6, 2017
“Some might consider surgeon and Emmy-Award-winning documentary producer Todd Wider a hero; he’s provided free surgical care during emergencies, helped pass important federal laws, and created films advocating social justice…”
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THROUGH THE LENS: GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
RadioWest | April 4, 2017
“Drawing from her journal, filmmakers Jedd and Todd Wider made a touching portrait of Bishop’s life and its challenges. Their documentary God Knows Where I Am is the next film in our Through the Lens series, and the Widers join us to talk about it.”
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DRAWING THE LINE: JEDD AND TODD WIDER EXAMINE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE MENTALLY ILL
Documentary Magazine | March 31, 2017
“Switching gears from the production side, the Widers knew they had to be incredibly selective in finding just the right project to direct. And after realizing Linda’s story and becoming close with her immediate family, the brothers knew they had their subject.”
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LORI SINGER, JEDD AND TODD WIDER ON “GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM”
AOL Build | March 30, 2017
“Filmmakers Jedd and Todd Wider, along with actress Lori Singer, have created a visually stunning and truly unique documentary that challenges the boundaries of the medium artistically and at the same time questions our societal norms for dealing with the mentally ill and homeless.”
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22 NEW MOVIES YOU SHOULD SEE IN APRIL
Harper’s Bazaar | March 30, 2017
“Told through voiceovers, this documentary, whose standout star may actually be the cinematography, has “don’t watch alone” written all over it.”
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THESE DIARY PAGES FROM A WOMAN’S LAST DAYS ARE UPSETTING, YET IMPORTANT
Kristine Cannon | March 30, 2017
“Linda Bishop was a well-educated mother from New Hampshire. She suffered from severe bipolar disorder with psychosis. She was homeless. She lived in an abandoned farmhouse for four months and lived off rainwater and apples through one of the coldest winters. And she documented it all in a diary so poignant, captivating and, yes, disturbing, it was turned into a documentary: God Knows Where I Am.”
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MIXED MEDIA: HOW GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM USED 35MM, 16MM, SUPER-16 AND DIGITAL FOR ITS HAUNTING STORY
MovieMaker | March, 29, 2017
“When Linda Bishop’s body was found in an empty farmhouse in New Hampshire, her death seemed pointless and puzzling. Then officials read her diary, which was lying next to her body.”
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AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER ANNOUNCES CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
Salem Film Fest | March 4, 2017
“Ultimately, however, I was most impressed by the cinematography in God Knows Where I Am. Shot by Gerardo Puglia, this haunting doc blends film (16mm, Super 16 and 35mm) with digital formats (captured with the Arri Alexa camera and Canon’s C300) in a way that produces very rich, almost painterly images. Beautiful landscapes blend with shots that roam through an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse where a mentally ill woman found shelter before tragically starving to death — a downward spiral she faithfully recorded in her diary. These daily reflections on her dire situation are presented in voiceover, but the imagery creates an eerie embodiment of the subject’s lonely final days. Puglia’s atmospheric use of natural light lends interior compositions the quality of still-life canvases that would not look out of place on museum walls, and the visuals place the viewer in the dead woman’s mindset while also approximating her POV. God Knows Where I Am meets the considerable challenge of showing a story driven by an absent protagonist while also encouraging the viewer to feel the pain of her plight; it’s a triumph of visual narrative that engenders enormous empathy, and a very worthy winner of this year’s prize.”
Stephen Pizzello
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
American Cinematographer
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OUR 13 FAVORITE FILMS FROM BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
303 Magazine | March 7, 2017
“Overall, God Knows Where I Am is gorgeously shot, sweeping the camera through landscapes and houses, all playing on the viewers intrigue. Mysterious and gripping, yet all-the-while sentimental, the film tackles themes from mental illness and homelessness to religion and family. This unforgettable film and heartbreaking true story of tragedy will resonate with you for days to come.”
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ZAGREBDOX FILM FESTIVAL TO INCLUDE DOCUMENTARIES WITH ELEMENTS OF FICTION
Total Croatia News | February 18, 2017
“One of the films in the programme, defined as an “art docu-thriller”, is an award-winning American film “God Knows Where I Am” by Todd and Jedd Wider, about a homeless woman whose body was found on a farm in New Hampshire.”
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WIDER AND WIDER
IDFA | January 21, 2017
“The brothers, best known as producers, have recently taken the step into directing. They are now working again as directors on a new feature doc, To the Edge of the Sky, following four families who have sons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a uniformly fatal disease that usually affects young boys.”
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10 BEST FILMS OF 2016
The Film Corner | January 1, 2017
“The picture is an absolute heartbreaker and a good deal of its success is directly attributable to its pace, style and structure which generates a film infused with all the qualities of the sublime. I challenge anyone to not weep profusely at several points within its elegiac 99-minute running time…”
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THE BEST MOVIES OF 2016
The Atlantic | December 19 2016
“Like the last couple of years (and in contrast to 2013), 2016 was light on great films but offered a solid share of good ones—so many, in fact, that I’ve considerably expanded my list of honorable mentions.”
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‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’ TO BE SCREENED AT CORK FILM FESTIVAL
Evening Echo | November 14, 2016
“The tragic story of Linda Bishop, who died a terrible death at the age of 52 in 2008, is the subject of a documentary that will be screened on November 19 as part of Cork Film Festival’s Illuminate programme that deals with mental health issues.”
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CINEPHIL PICKS UP HOT DOCS JURY WINNER ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Variety | November 7, 2016
“Tel Aviv-based sales agent Cinephil has acquired international rights to Jedd Wider and Todd Wider’s “God Knows Where I Am,” which won the special jury prize at Hot Docs and is set to have its European premiere at IDFA.”
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NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM FESTIVAL ROLLS OUT MOVIE STANDOUTS AND STARS
NewHampshire.com | October 13, 2016
“(She) died alone, freezing, starving to death under a red blanket in an abandoned farmhouse,” said Jedd Wider. “Is it OK that we forget people like this? That they remain nameless? We want her death to have some meaning.”
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ENDING THE CRIMINALIZATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS
NASJE | September 27, 2016
“The documentary conveys the tragedy of our society’s inadequate mental healthcare system, the ineffectiveness of laws written to help the mentally ill, and the criminal justice system’s uneasy relationship with both the mentally ill and mental healthcare providers and organizations.”
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BOND/360 GOES FOR ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Indiewire | July 29, 2016
“BOND/360 has acquired the exclusive North American rights to “God Knows Where I Am,” the directorial debut of veteran producers Jedd and Todd Wider. The documentary questions our societal norms for dealing with the mentally ill and homeless.”
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BOND/360 NABS DOCU ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Deadline | July 28, 2016
“The documentary God Knows Where I Am has been acquired in North America by Bond/360 with theatrical release set for fall, 2016 in New York and Los Angeles ahead of a planned forty market expansion.”
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BOND/360 PICKS UP “GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM”
Real Screen | July 28, 2016
“The film will get a theatrical release this fall in New York and Los Angeles before expanding nationally to more than 40 markets. A broadcast, digital and home video release is slated for 2017.”
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LUNCH WITH LORI SINGER OF ‘FOOTLOSE’
Bangor Daily News | July 15, 2016
“The reason I think the film is so astounding … is a moment of beauty in someone’s life, which is actually the tragedy of her life. So [Jedd and Todd Wider] captured almost the essence of her life, the beauty, her wishes, her dreams, her poetry and her death, all in the same moment, wrapped up. And her anger … and misunderstanding.”
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CINEMA AFTER DARK (EPISODE 56)
Max Cole | June 24, 2016
“Todd and Jedd Wider join Cinema After Dark Radio and Host, Max Cole, to discuss the latest documentary film they produced and directed, GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM.”
FILM CHRONICLES A LIFE ‘DISCHARGED TO NOTHINGNESS’
Cape Cod Times | June 23, 2016
“After an early release from a psychiatric hospital, New Hampshire mother Linda Bishop broke into an empty farmhouse that was for for sale and waited for God to save her.”
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5 QUESTIONS WITH… JEDD AND TODD WIDER, DIRECTORS OF ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
Nantucket Film Festival | June 13, 2016
“Our latest interview with talent from this year’s Nantucket Fest is with the directors of the feature documentary, GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM.”
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A FEW MINUTES WITH THE POIGNANT MINDS BEHIND ‘GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM’
In the Seats | May 26, 2016
“Sometimes a movie just cuts you so deep to the core that you occasionally need a minute or two to let it sit with you. God Knows Where I Am is a shockingly poignant and emotional film that will resonate with me for quite some time and even through year in review retrospective at the end of 2016, this film sucks you and never lets you go thanks to some incredibly strong and innovative filmmaking.”
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FACE 2 FACE (Episode 179)
David Peck Live | May 9, 2016
Todd, Jedd and Lori talk with David Peck about their new film God Knows Where I Am. They touch on mental health issues, the “other”, the poetic edge to filmmaking and the “ever porous cracks” in our social safety nets.
AFTER MOM STARVES TO DEATH, QUESTIONS ABOUT CARE FOR MENTALLY ILL
NBC News | May 7, 2016
“We want to effect as much change as we can, and use the film as a vehicle to shift how the public looks at mental illness,” said Jedd Wider. “Linda Bishop died alone starving to death in a freezing farmhouse,” said Todd Wider. “Is it OK that we forget people like this? We want her death to have some meaning.”
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THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE GOES TO AMERICAN DIRECTORS TODD WIDER AND JEDD WIDER’S “GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM”
The Hollywood Reporter | May 6, 2016
“Hot Docs gave its special jury prize for an international feature documentary to the American doc God Knows Where I Am, by directors Todd Wider and Jedd Wider. The film reveals a troubling account of mental illness through the mysterious death of a woman in a New Hampshire farmhouse.”
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ACTRESS LORI SINGER ON CP24 – TORONTO’S BREAKING NEWS
CP24 News | May 3, 2016
Lori Singer discusses God Knows Where I Am with CP24 Anchor Pooja Handa.
NATIONAL POST
by Chris Knight | Apr 29, 2016
“Here are the 10 films to see at the Hot Docs Film Festival.”
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GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM: WHY THE DOCUMENTARY SHOT ON FILM TO CAPTURE THE SUBJECT’S MENTAL ILLNESS
Indiewire | Apr 8, 2016
“Indiewire asked the award-winning directors Jedd and Todd Wider what it was about Bishop’s journey that called for a return to celluloid and using a variety of cameras that ranged from a 1939 Eyemo to the modern Arri Alexa.”
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