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Responsible use of The OLIVE Collection requires facilitated conversation and mental health support for participants. We encourage you to hold space for yourself and others using the guides provided.
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About The Program
Since 2012, Art With Impact (AWI) and California’s Mental Health Commission (MHSOAC) have been building the OLIVE Film Collection, the world’s largest and most diverse library of short films about mental health.
This collection of short films focuses on Mental Health Experiences from Black Filmmakers.
These films are intended to create conversation.
Each five-minute film let’s viewers into a specific emotional world that sparks unique, personal reactions.
Each film has numerous possible connections with viewers.
We encourage you to hold space for yourself and others by using the guides provided above.
After each film our logo will appear, white on black, here you can pause the program to reflect on the film if you are watching alone or to share a discussion prompt if you are watching with a group or class. Just press play again when you are ready to move forward. Take care.
Ada, a young Black woman, goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on her experience of having a baby in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy and postnatal depression. She tries to find ease and healing by facing her fears in the wild.
Filmmaker: Fan Sissoko is a French-Malian artist and designer based in Reykjavik. Living at the intersection of multiple cultures, she is interested in creating experiences that urge us to shed the layers of identity that separate us from others and to explore the hidden emotions that connect us instead. Storytelling is at the core of her practice. Her work has been commissioned by the Migration Museum, the Museum of London, the Science Gallery Dublin and the National Trust London. Her latest documentary, We The People (2019), has won the Film Futures Awards as part of Little Wing Film Festival 2020. In her work as a participatory designer, she partners with charities and the public sector to involve citizens in the design and delivery of health and care services.
- Year2021
- Runtime5 minutes
- CountryIceland
- DirectorFan Sissoko
Before you watch
We highly recommend referring to and using the Viewing Guides provided here before watching alone or with others:
Click here if you are watching alone
Click here if you are watching with other people
Responsible use of The OLIVE Collection requires facilitated conversation and mental health support for participants. We encourage you to hold space for yourself and others using the guides provided.
Accessing Support
Please find a list of resources where you can access support here:
About The Program
Since 2012, Art With Impact (AWI) and California’s Mental Health Commission (MHSOAC) have been building the OLIVE Film Collection, the world’s largest and most diverse library of short films about mental health.
This collection of short films focuses on Mental Health Experiences from Black Filmmakers.
These films are intended to create conversation.
Each five-minute film let’s viewers into a specific emotional world that sparks unique, personal reactions.
Each film has numerous possible connections with viewers.
We encourage you to hold space for yourself and others by using the guides provided above.
After each film our logo will appear, white on black, here you can pause the program to reflect on the film if you are watching alone or to share a discussion prompt if you are watching with a group or class. Just press play again when you are ready to move forward. Take care.
Ada, a young Black woman, goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on her experience of having a baby in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy and postnatal depression. She tries to find ease and healing by facing her fears in the wild.
Filmmaker: Fan Sissoko is a French-Malian artist and designer based in Reykjavik. Living at the intersection of multiple cultures, she is interested in creating experiences that urge us to shed the layers of identity that separate us from others and to explore the hidden emotions that connect us instead. Storytelling is at the core of her practice. Her work has been commissioned by the Migration Museum, the Museum of London, the Science Gallery Dublin and the National Trust London. Her latest documentary, We The People (2019), has won the Film Futures Awards as part of Little Wing Film Festival 2020. In her work as a participatory designer, she partners with charities and the public sector to involve citizens in the design and delivery of health and care services.
- Year2021
- Runtime5 minutes
- CountryIceland
- DirectorFan Sissoko