Filmmaker Statement

As someone with a close family member who struggles with severe mental health issues, the idea of always-on, perfectly-administered drip dosage of antidepressants was a compelling one. I started to think about how we would we handle this as a society... and also, how might the government address the disparity in privilege this technology would create between children who grew up with the wealth to be “happy” and those who did not? This lead me to think about what the government’s responsibility is to “level the playing field” in health and where can human freedom be factored into these decisions? There are a number of contentious issues in our country that, at their core, are discussions that pit something that might make society “better” against a loss of individual freedoms. I hope that this film serves as a starting place to discuss these issues, and for each side to empathize with the values and motivations of the other.