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My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 19 september 2007

My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures (2007)

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Released in USA 19 september 2007
OriginUSA
Rating68% 3.4014853.4014853.4014853.4014853.401485

My Name is Alan, and I Paint Pictures is a 2007 documentary film directed by Johnny Boston. The film stars and is materially about Alan Russell-Cowan, an artist diagnosed with schizophrenia.

The documentary My Name is Alan, and I Paint Pictures focuses on Alan Russel-Cowan, a street painter diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, as he works to break his way into the professional art world.

The film also addresses larger issues which directly or indirectly affect Alan. Subjects addressed include the treatment and diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia; the therapeutic benefits of art for mental illness; and the path to success for artists and the politics of the art establishment.

The film had an art-house theatrical run in New York and Los Angeles in 2007 and 2008.

Most recently 'My Name is Alan...' was shown on the Ovation Arts Network in February and May 2009.
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