Running from Crazy (2013)

Name: Running from Crazy
Director: Barbara Kopple
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-01-20
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Dree Hemingway, Margaux Hemingway, Langley Fox Hemingway

Documentary

Director: Barbara Kopple

Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Dree Hemingway, Margaux Hemingway, Langley Fox Hemingway

Runtime105 min

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'Running from Crazy' is a documentary examining the personal journey of model and actress Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, as she strives for a greater understanding of her family history of suicide and mental illness.

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Fans of insightful documentaries will appreciate Barbara Kopple's 2013 film 'Running from Crazy', which offers a powerful and intimate look at the personal journey of model and actress Mariel Hemingway as she explores her family's troubling history of mental illness and suicide.

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Running from Crazy is a 2013 television documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple about the family of Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. Through the eyes of Mariel, who received an Oscar nomination for her role in Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan, and who has spoken for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, it chronicles the story of three of the author's grandchildren: Mariel, Margaux Hemingway and Joan "Muffet" Hemingway, daughters of Jack Hemingway, and their struggles with the family history of substance abuse, mental illness and suicide. It was produced by Cabin Creek Films for the Oprah Winfrey Network, with both Barbara Kopple and Oprah Winfrey as executive producers. First shown at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, it premiered on OWN on April 27, 2014.