Unbound

Unbound tells the powerful story of a community coming together to uplift those most impacted by severe mental illness through art.
1500 people created a striking 80-foot long sculpture at one of California’s largest psychiatric facilities, the Department of State Hospitals-Napa. Never before had an artwork of this magnitude been created inside a secure facility in partnership with the outside community.
Over 500 patients, 200 hospital staff and 800 community volunteers built a sculpture of collective liberation of hundreds of winged hearts flying free from a cage and together forged an innovative new model of participatory public art.
Emerging from one woman’s personal quest to heal from her family’s journey with schizophrenia, the Unbound project was conceived and offered as an antidote to the despair and isolation often associated with mental illness.
Unbound offers an inspiring example of personal and collective healing through art and serves as a powerful reminder of the boundless potential of the human spirit, showing what is possible when we open our hearts, lift each other up, and embrace the transformative power of art.

  • Vince Beeton
    Director
  • Tracy Ferron
    Writer
  • Alia Beeton
    Producer
  • Vince Beeton
    Producer
  • Tracy Ferron
    Executive Producer
  • Vince Beeton
    Director of Photography
  • Alia Beeton
    Editors
  • Vince Beeton
    Editors
  • Vinicius Brandao
    Visual Effects
  • Brindl Markle
    Music Composer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 15, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    68,200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Sony Digital Cinema
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Vince Beeton

After 30 years of content creation and brand storytelling, I naturally gravitate to stories that are transformative and healing. Humans Being Media inc. was born out of a desire and commitment to tell the inspiring stories of the world’s change-makers, and to collaborate with other mission-minded humans. I have been making award winning documentary films and elearning content for television, brands, and nonprofit platforms.

My work as a Creative Director and Director of Photography nurtures talent and team collaboration to help provide a portal for authentic expression and to create a safe and empowered space for communication and enlivened living. My favorite moments on location are when I can draw out passionate performances and present people and brands in their best light. My capacity for storytelling, and my commitment to listening, help alchemize a story towards that monumental moment of truth and beauty.

Clients count on the diverse industry experience and technical ability that I employ when creating a documentary story or sculpting a brand message. I have run my own production companies in the UK, West Africa, and the USA, and was employed by one of the top ten TV production companies and most prestigious digital agencies in the UK. I have filmed primetime factual entertainment TV series which was nominated for an Emmy, programs, and observational documentaries for the BBC, PBS, Nat Geo, Discovery, The History Channel, Sky, Netflix, Nat Geo and more.

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