Experiencing Interruptions?

Mad Love

What do you get when 2 artists meet in an asylum and are tested by time, trust, faith and the power of creativity?
MAD LOVE
A true story of art and romance in and out of the asylum.

  • Issa Ibrahim
    Director
    Patient's Rites, Pop Music Voodoo
  • Issues Gallery/ Audi's Boy LTD.
    Producer
    Patient's Rites, Pop Music Voodoo
  • Issa Ibrahim
    Key Cast
    Patient's Rites, Pop Music Voodoo, The Living Museum
  • Susan Spangenberg
    Key Cast
    Patient's Rites, Pop Muisc Voodoo, RELEASED
  • Geo Geller
    Assistant Director
  • Gregor Collins
    Assistant Director
  • Issa Ibrahim
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    53 minutes 37 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 20, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Issa Ibrahim

Issa Ibrahim finds meaning and purpose as an artist, musician, writer, activist and 20 year artist-in-residence at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center’s Living Museum. Author of the memoir The Hospital Always Wins, published by Chicago Review Press in 2016, Issa is also an award winning filmmaker for his autobiographical musical documentary Patient’s Rites, and has been featured on German Public Television, an HBO documentary, an Edward R. Murrow and Third Coast award winning NPR audio story as well as participating in numerous art and mental health exhibitions the world over.

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Director Statement

Issa will continue to challenge preconceived and prejudicial ideas in society, combat stigma, expose the realities of our broken mental health system and explore how openness can aid in respecting psychiatric sufferers and survivors who are our fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, friends, neighbors and ourselves.