“A tale of self-acceptance…a hidden gem.”
-San Francisco Chronicle
“‘Maris is vital, serving as a beacon of hope…”
-Mercury News/East Bay Times
“a tender, moving empowering film…”
-Chelsea Roff, Founder and Director of Eat BreatheThrive
The Mercury News/East Bay Times says:
“I Am Maris: Portrait of a Young Yogi”: Walnut Creek director Laura VanZee Taylor’s moving portrait captures how a smart Clayton teen persevered over depression and an eating disorder by various means, from taking and teaching yoga in Walnut Creek and creating her own art while diving deep into therapy. Don’t be skeptical of this doc’s brief 54-minute running time, “Maris” is vital, serving as beacon of hope for countless teens and adults struggling through mental illness. (Oct. 13, 14)
San Francisco Chronicle calle I AM MARIS a ‘Hidden Gem”:
I AM MARIS Director Laura VanZee Taylor interviewed on NBC Channel 5:
NPR Interview with I AM MARIS Director Laura VanZee Taylor:
Link to our EPK
“I AM MARIS is a tender, moving, empowering film every person touched by mental illness – which is to say every person on the planet – needs to see. It’s not so much a story of overcoming mental illness, but of what it means to realize oneself as a whole, integrated, and perfectly imperfect human being who just so happens to experience mental illness. And one who is all the richer, fuller, and more able to serve because of it.”
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