Jacki Ochs, the older daughter of Sue Phillips, will introduce and show a film,”Out of My Head” by Jacki and Susannah Styron, at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, in the Gathering Room. Please note the time.
The second award-winning film project by the two filmmakers, it has appeared during this past year around the world to great interest and acclaim, opening at the prestigious Documentary Film Festival of the Museum of Modern Art in the winter of 2018.
Jacki is an award-winning producer/director of documentary films. Among her awards are New York Film Festival premiere, Sundance Special Jury Prize, SXSW Best Feature Documentary, and American Film Festival Best New Director.
The story involves a filmmaker who, while seeking treatment for her daughter’s migraine attacks, discovers a confounding neurological disease and learns why a devastating condition, afflicting nearly a billion people worldwide, remains so deeply misunderstood. She decides to make a film and trace the journey as mother and daughter seek understanding and ever-elusive treatment.
Their journey takes us on a wild ride through migraine’s fascinating history and bizarre symptomology, amid subjects ranging from the gut/brain connection to art and spirituality.
This is the story of people living in chronic pain, with a disease that has no cure - how it affects them and their loved ones, how they cope, how they see the world through its prism. Its the deeply felt story of a daughter and mother coming to terms with a condition that will always be a part of their lives.