Source: Realscreen
Frank Stiefel’s “Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405” was named Best Documentary Short at the 90th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles last night.
The doc features 56-year-old artist Mindy Alper, who has spent nearly all of her life battling depression and anxiety, using medication, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychiatry to help her condition.
Read the story at Realscreen.
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