NCR: Not Criminally Responsible
Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 9 PM on CBC-TV
There has been a quiet revolution in recent years in the treatment of people with mental disorders who commit an act of violence . Not long ago such patients would almost certainly have been considered hopelessly deranged and dangerous, and confined to an "asylum for the criminally insane" for life.
Read a review of this film by the Globe and Mail's John Doyle.
Not anymore. Today people declared not criminally responsible are frequently being released back onto the streets, a number of them potentially extremely dangerous men and women, not only suicidal but homicidal. Most are incurable.
NCR: Not Criminally Responsible tells the story of a troubled young man who stabbed a complete stranger 6 times in a crowded shopping mall while gripped by psychosis. Twelve years later, his victim, who miraculously survived, is terrified to learn that he's out, living in the community under supervision. He's applying for an absolute discharge, and if he succeeds, he'll no longer be required to take the anti-psychotic drugs that control his mental illness. With unprecedented access to the patient, the victim, and the mental institution, the film looks at both sides of the debate and puts a human face on the complex ethical issues raised.
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CBC-TV
Directed and Written by
JOHN KASTNER
Produced by
JOHN KASTNER
DEBORAH PARKS
Narrator
ANN-MARIE MacDONALD
Executive Producer
SILVA BASMAJIAN
Editor
MICHAEL HANNAN
Directors of Photography
JOHN WESTHEUSER CSC
DEREK ROGERS CSC
Location Sound
DOUGLAS KAYE
Music Composer
BRUCE FOWLER
Associate Producer / Researcher
NICOLE ROGERS
Additional Photography
JOHN TRAN
Additional Sound
RICHARD NAULT
DON STEWART
Location Photographer
GEOFF GEORGE
Supervising Sound Editor / Recording Mixer
STEPHEN BARDEN
Sound Effects Editors
NIALL COLLINS
PATTON RODRIGUES
Dialogue Editor
RYAN ONGARA
Music Preparation
REBECCA PELLET
Music Score Engineer
MIKE DUNCAN
On Line Editor
ANDREW MANDZIUK
Graphics
MARK ALBERTS
Publicity
INGRID HAMILTON
Production Supervisor
MARK WILSON
Centre Administrator
JOSIAH ROTHENBERG
Production Coordinator
RACHEL PUNWASSIE
Technical Coordinator
MARCUS MATYAS
Marketing Manager
LESLIE STAFFORD
Consultants
Dr. Lisa Ramshaw
Detective Staff Sergeant Shawn White
Cornwall Community Police Service
Dr. Hy Bloom
Workplace.Calm
Special Thanks to
The Staff and Patients of the
Brockville Mental Health Centre
Alison Clayton
Robin Mirsky
Cindy Witten
Michelle van Beusekom
City of Brockville
Cornwall Community Hospital
Tait’s Bakery
Tim Hortons
Theresa Burke
Susan Kastner
Susan Teskey
Archival Material
QMI Agency
Cornwall Community Police Service
Mark Bray
Produced with the participation of
Produced by
In co-production with the
Produced in association with the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
©2013 NCR Productions Ltd.
©2013 National Film Board of Canada
For Doc Zone
Packaging Editor
MICHAEL READMAN
Associate Producer
GRIFFIN ONDAATJE
Unit Manager
SIBEL SAUNDERS
Associate Director
PETER LEE
Presentation Producer
DAVID GIDDENS
Senior Producer
LINDA LAUGHLIN
Executive Producer
Doc Zone
MICHAEL CLAYDON
Executive Director
Documentary Programming
MARK STAROWICZ
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