Summaries

Through diary entries, this documentary follows the life and death of homeless woman Linda Bishop and her struggles with starvation, sanity and God.

The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop survived on apples and rain water, waiting for God to save her, during one of the coldest winters on record. As her story unfolds from different perspectives, including her own, we learn about our systemic failure to protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Linda Bishop was a loving mother, a well-educated and happy woman. Then her body was found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse, marked by cold and starvation. What was once Linda Bishop had quickly become a mystery, accompanied by her diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity. For nearly four months, Bishop, a prisoner of her own mind, survived on apples and rainwater during one of the coldest winters on record. Waiting for God to save her. As her story unfolds from different perspectives, including her own, we learn the heartbreaking reality about a systemic failure to protect those who cannot protect themselves.

Details

Keywords
  • mother daughter relationship
  • homelessness
  • reenactment
  • schizophrenia
Genres
  • Mystery
  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Apr 6, 2016
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies Wider Film Projects

Box office

Budget $1100000
Gross US & Canada $21135
Gross worldwide $21135

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Color
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