A 1-minute cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder. Produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
A 1-minute cart ride through the mental shopping mall of attention deficit disorder.
Produced as part of the 10th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
Find working definitions of ADD and ADHD so that you can compare and contrast these conditions. Comment on the animator’s depiction of drug therapy that leads to “focus.” What is the filmmaker trying to communicate to the audience with this film? Does the resulting work provide some insight into ADD or does it enhance some of the myths about ADD?
Focus, Alex Boya, provided by the National Film Board of Canada