John's not mad
(DVD)

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Popular Media - 3rd FloorRC375 .J646 1997On Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs -- Great Britain.
Documentary television programs.
Medical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Tourette syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.
Tourette syndrome.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Biographical television programs.
Biographies.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Great Britain. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Medical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Tourette syndrome -- Patients.
Tourette syndrome.
Other Subjects
Biographies télévisées.
Documentaires télévisés -- Grande-Bretagne.
Documentaires télévisés.
Syndrome de Gilles de la Tourette -- Patients -- Biographies.
Syndrome de Gilles de la Tourette.
Tourette Syndrome
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
General Note
"BBC Worldwide"--Container.
General Note
Originally produced for television in 1988.
Creation/Production Credits
Producer, Valerie Kaye ; photographers, Mike Coles, Richard Hakin ; editors, Gary Burczak, Phil Cook ; music, Graham Lyons.
Participants/Performers
Narrator: Eleanor Bron.
Description
Documentary portrait of 16-year-old John, a victim of Tourette syndrome-- he often flies into hyperactive outbursts punctuated by profanity. Family members describe the daily strain of living with someone with Tourette's, and John himself admits to frustration so intense that he sometines contemplates suicide. Dr. Oliver Sacks explains the levels of severity in individual patients, and calls for public awareness and sensitivity toward those who are afflicted.
System Details
DVD-R.
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SACFinal081324

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kaye, V., & Bron, E. (20061997). John's not mad . Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kaye, Valerie and Eleanor. Bron. 20061997. John's Not Mad. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kaye, Valerie and Eleanor. Bron. John's Not Mad Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 20061997.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Kaye, V. and Bron, E. (n.d.). John's not mad. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kaye, Valerie., and Eleanor Bron. John's Not Mad Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 20061997.

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