Out of the Shadow is a grassroots documentary film by Susan Smiley concerning her mother, Mildred Smiley. Mildred Smiley is a middle-aged woman who has battled schizophrenia for over twenty years. The documentary chronicles her journey from psychiatric wards, nursing and group homes in Illinois, United States.
Out of the Shadow often airs on PBS.
Famous quotes containing the word shadow:
“An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)