America ReFramed

Any Given Day

Filmmaker Margaret Byrne follows three formerly incarcerated Chicagoans as they manage their respective mental illnesses while searching for stability in their families, friendships, jobs and housing. While documenting the challenges that are faced at the intersections of a punitive carceral system, poverty and substance use, Byrne reckons with her own history of mental illness.

Any Given Day

1h 24m

Filmmaker Margaret Byrne follows three formerly incarcerated Chicagoans as they manage their respective mental illnesses while searching for stability in their families, friendships, jobs and housing. While documenting the challenges that are faced at the intersections of a punitive carceral system, poverty and substance use, Byrne reckons with her own history of mental illness.

Previews + Extras

  • Any Given Day | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | Trailer

    S10 E7 - 2m 1s

    Filmmaker Margaret Byrne follows three formerly incarcerated Chicagoans as they manage their respective mental illnesses while searching for stability in their families, friendships, jobs and housing. While documenting the challenges that are faced at the intersections of a punitive carceral system, poverty and substance use, Byrne reckons with her own history of mental illness.

  • Any Given Day | Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | Preview

    S10 E7 - 30s

    Filmmaker Margaret Byrne follows three formerly incarcerated Chicagoans as they manage their respective mental illnesses while searching for stability in their families, friendships, jobs and housing. While documenting the challenges that are faced at the intersections of a punitive carceral system, poverty and substance use, Byrne reckons with her own history of mental illness.

  • Any Given Day | Searching for a Home: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | Searching for a Home

    S10 E7 - 39s

    Housing in America is at a crisis point. And for single mothers of color like Angela, who is living with mental health, finding a safe, affordable space for her and her son is proving difficult.

  • Any Given Day | Chicago's Mental Health Court: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | Chicago's Mental Health Court

    S10 E7 - 1m 50s

    In Chicago's Cook County, people living with mental health have an option to participate in a mental health court program over jail time. One of those individuals is Daniel who is hoping to thrive with the support and resources of the program and its judge...but there is also much work to be done.

  • Any Given Day | State of Schizophrenia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | State of Schizophrenia

    S10 E7 - 1m 13s

    Dimitar is writing about what he knows and experiences. His self-published book, State of Schizophrenia, shows that, with support, a person living with mental health can envision and achieve.

  • Any Given Day | The Vicious Cycle of Mental Health: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | The Vicious Cycle of Mental Health

    S10 E7 - 1m 50s

    Good days, bad days and everything in between is how living with mental health can be especially without support and with stigma. Dimitar's good days and then turn to substance abuse and criminality represent a common cycle of victory and defeat.

  • Any Given Day | The Storm That Is Depression: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Any Given Day | The Storm That Is Depression

    S10 E7 - 1m 21s

    "It's like being in a fog." Filmmaker Margaret Byrne, who is documenting the mental health experiences of three people in Chicago, turns the camera on herself, exposing her trials & tribulations and the uncertainty living with mental health is like.

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