Off Label

World Documentary Competition

World Premiere

USA | 80 MINUTES | English |

OFF LABEL

Documentary
A young vagabond couple pays for their wedding through work as professional guinea pigs. An aging African-American Muslim reconciles his memories of medical experiments conducted on him as an inmate in Philadelphia. An Army medic struggles with failed PTSD treatments. A woman mourns her son who committed suicide while taking part in an antidepressant marketing study. These are the medicated margins, those who've gone "off-label"—a term that refers to the use of pharmaceuticals in any way counter to their prescribed dosage or function. These are men and women for whom pharmaceutical use, abuse, and misuse are simply a way of life in a society that pathologizes the individual's desire for health, happiness, and even identity for profit.

Weaving together the moving and personal stories of these people and many more, Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher (October Country) expose the breadth of off-label drug use and take us on an emotional road trip through an overmedicated, misdiagnosed, and drug-addled America.

 

Co-hosted by:

 

Rooftop+Films


CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Donal Mosher, Donal Mosher, and Michael Palmieri

Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher collaborated to direct the documentary feature October Country, which won a grand jury prize at Silverdocs and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Palmieri has directed music videos for Beck, The Strokes, and many others. Mosher is a widely exhibited photographer and writer.
Composer
Ted Savarese, Danny Grody
Director
Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
Producer
Anish Savjani, Vincent Savino
Director of Photography
Michael Palmieri

CONTACTS

Technical Contact
Michael Palmieri
Wishbone Films
1003 South East 33rd Avenue Portland, OR 97214
Phone: 917 756 9962
mike@michaelpalmieri.com
http://wishbonefilms.com
Sales Agent
Anish Savjani
Filmscience
181 North 11th Street, Suite 304 Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: 917 501 5197
anish@filmscience.com
Press Contact
Adam J. Segal
The 2050 Group
Phone: 202 422 4673
adam@the2050group.com