FromĀ HuffPost: Mental health activist and filmmaker Ken Paul Rosenthal has teamed up with the musician Madigan Shive to create a musical documentary calledĀ Whisper Rapture: A Bonfire Madigan Suite.
“Whisper Rapture: A Bonfire Madigan SuiteĀ is a visionaryĀ music and mental health doc-operaĀ about cellist-vocalist Madigan Shiveās journey fromĀ traumatized youth to virtuoso musicianĀ and pioneering mental health activist. Her childhood conversations with a fantasy companion named āWhisperā and her adult experiences withĀ hearing voices and suicidal despairĀ are channeled intoĀ avant-garde pop, punk-influenced chamber music,Ā and a progressive healing culture that transcends the restrictive pathologies of mainstream psychiatry.Ā Images from natural and urban environmentsĀ illuminate six of Madiganās original compositions. Each song is interspersed with her radical views on managing madness and her path towardsĀ wellness through making music.”
