Billy Judkin is a natural born Gloom Chaser. Life changes when he is transferred from his company's office in Hoboken to Hollywood. He drives there with his wife and mother. Along the way, they encounter Mr. Pinkney and his new bride, who too are heading west. Their misadventures together and meeting up with a band of marauding Indians may prevent any of them from reaching their intended destination. If Billy and Mr. Pinkney ever make it to Hollywood, they're both in a for a big surprise.

In 1936, during the Great Depression, a traveling sideshow sets up shop to mystify yet another dustbowl town with freaks and illusions. When a sinister force begins taking the carnies lives one by one, detective Ellison is put on the case. Is it the cryptic carnival owner, Helen What about the strong man, Virgil Or could it be Ratty, the snake handler and his friend William the sword swallower

Suppressed emotion and desire surface for Sophie, Shirley MacLaine, and her husband, Otto, Kenneth Mars. Middle aged and childless, they appear all too normal, but deep within, they suffer from despair and emptiness. Their marriage is nothing more than a shield against the terrifying uncertainty of divorce, but neither dares acknowledge the enormous void in their lives. They vainly seek relief in outside friendships and futile extramarital affairs. When they see their home ransacked, their eyes are opened and they realise theyve been dreaming. Now their time to live has come.

Psycholigical short about a young woman living in real or imagined isolation. Using movement, location and symbols rather then spoken word, it explores that particular state of mind associated with loneliness, fear and depression.

Having been left by her man, Emmanuelle seeks the affection she craves elsewhere. In the course of a day, she finds herself with a depraved writer, a businessman betrayed by his wife and an imbecile journalist. But by the end of the day, she learns that her man has been killed in a road accident, leaving her to meditate sorrowfully on her sordid actions.

Bob, Louise and John have finished their studies and have earn themselves doctoral degrees. While John gets a job at Arnold Research Laboratories, Bob and Louise wish to remain out of the corporate loop and continue their research on the restoration of life. John in the meantime discovers that the corporate root for his studies is not advancing far enough or in time for Mr. Arnold who reassigns John to create a treatment for hair loss. John now researching and promoting something he does not feel proud of becomes depressed and it soon cost him his medical license. However, life is more harsher on John as his wife passes away and this drives him to deeper depression and the custody of his only offspring, Danny. Danny who doesn't want to be the child of the state, runs away with his dog and takes refuge at a local gang's clubhouse who try to help Danny and his situation. Meanwhile, Louise and Bob have advanced in their research and have learn of the news about John ill fate from former boss Mr. Arnold. Louise trying to be a helpful friend pays John a visit to tell him about the success with their research so far is met with hostile from John. Danny on the other hand sees his father fallen deeper into despair and begins to wish to not see his father until his dog Scooter is on the verge of death.

This documentary film follows 75 U.S. soldiers who have sustained debilitating emotional trauma and depression. A series of scenes chronicles their entry into a psychiatric hospital, their treatment, and eventual recovery. Some of the treatments involved then- new drugs and hypnosis.

Based on the 1973 non-fiction book Richie, this powerful film, with its unexpected ending, was no after-school special. Robbie Benson plays a troubled teen descending into a world of drug addiction and depression, dragging his entire family down with him. In the role of his parents, Eileen Brennan and Ben Gazzara, in particular, are superb-as is Benson. After the smiley-face 1960s, the dark reality of drug use really began to surface in the 70s, and this film provided one of the first, and most harshly accurate, depictions.

Broncho Billy returns to this silent western film. One day, Billy arrives home to his young wife to find her old flame has returned with a well off job to boast about his career. The next day, Billy discovers gold, and heads home to tell his wife to find that she has left him for her old flame. Unbeknownst to the town, Billy is brokenhearted . The town's men discovering what has happen run after the pair and bring them back for Billy to decide their faith. Billy enraged, but good in nature lets them go. Years later, Billy's estrange wife is depression and regrets the decision she made. Billy now rich with fortune is now the talk of the town, his business partner has set up a dinner party for him to make take on more investments. Upon going to the dinner party, Billy is confronted with his estranged wife's new husband, the old flame. Complications arise.

As many as one fifth of all students gets picked on and pushed around on a daily basis because they are different, strange or just vulnerable in some way. To these outsiders - kids that just don't fit in, going to school can be a nightmare that scars them for the rest of their lives. Hostess O'Ryan McKinney reviews some of the teen horror stories of both having emotional complications and being on the receiving end of school bullies, verbal cruelty, physical violence, relentless teasing, depression, psychological scars and the pain that never goes away. Confidential is a documentary series that features first person testimonials of young people speaking out on urgent youth issues like eating disorders, violence in schools and drug abuse.

The story of James Kootshangsie is told in his own words and with his own voice. During the early 1930s when he was a young Hopi boy, US Army soldiers took him and other children from his tribe to a government boarding school 500 miles away, where he learned about city life and working for money. During the following years he endured the Great Depression and fought in World War II before finally returning to the reservation from which he was taken to resume life as a farmer. This is his story. More information about this film can be found at http:earthspiritmovie.wordpress.com

Is your childs depression bringing you down Give em some drugs. Preferably, prescription drugs. And thats because if you get pulled over with a bag full of em, you go scott-free!

A young female bird takes off with a 1930s swing jazz band (the Big City Orioles) to New York from her serene Hawaiian environment. The cartoon turns into a bleak depiction of the Depression in 1930s Manhattan. The bird is thrown out of a swanky jazz club in mid-winter, becomes despondent, and even attempts suicide. But there's a happy ending.

A girl loses her parents in a traggic car accident, which causes her to be depressed and her life becoming out of control. As she decides to take the road down to suicide, she wakes up after her attempt to be not wounded.

On September 15, 2008, the United States fell into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The same day, we set out on a trip around the country to ask the American people what they had to say about it. In 2010, we went back to see how things had changed. Their voices reveal desperation, indignation, hope, dreams and a disastrous economic breakdown chaos generated by a system of inequality. But above this is a crisis thats even worse--that of human rights. The solutions to crossing the American crises are now in the hands of the people. Featuring the Vermont Workers Center LAs Bus Riders Union Santa Fes local business Alliance Oaklands Green Jobs Now Baltimores United Workers and American workers, truck drivers, farmers, homeless, ex-felons, minorities, natural disaster survivors, indigenous, immigrants, and residents from coast to coast--covering nearly 40 states across the U.S.

Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore is a dynamic, handsome, and brilliant young man who also happens to be homeless. After almost hitting Cassandra in his dilapidated VW bus, he becomes fascinated by the gothic cemetery waif and attempts to befriend her. A sequence of events results in Cass getting lost. Jorge and Shore flee the cemetery in a stolen hearse to find Cassandra before her abusive step-father does. All paths lead to Yermo - the site of a roadside diner and a feisty but compassionate transvestite waitress named Lola.