Manhattan KS

[brunstar81]

I liked the documentary, makes me think of what it might be like when/if my dad follows through on moving back after 12 years. I know he still drinks so I don't see it playing out well.

Great choices in music too.

[51931147]

I am glad I stumbled upon this documentary... I can understand what you feel about you mom, or at least some of it. Thank you for sharing this!

[xyzllii]

Brave video...honestly done. Hard for Tara...but her mom does love her, despite all...and that is worth a bunch. Good luck to both of them...oh and has Kyle got a brother by any chance ?...he is a bit lovely !!

[sunmist22]

Tara should try and accept her mother the way she is and understand that her mother does, quite obviously have some type of mental disorder. It is also apparent though that her mother loves her and that she is trying to see the brighter side of life which is commendable considering her life's struggles. Tara is a grown woman, who has started on establishing a stable,h appy life of her own and should give unconditional love to her Mom, because she only will ever have one and none are perfect,

[luvebug21]

Yea i couldn't really understand what tara wanted, i mean her mom was alrite in a way we all make mistakes but life goes on regardless.

[capnjebus]

it would be nice if you tube loaded more than a second of run time in a minute

[dawnnlp]

Tara. there will be a time when your mother is going to need professional help, it will worsen with age. Don't ever give up on her. She is your mother. If she were my mother i would have tried to find away to get her the help she needed a long time ago. It's never to late get her the professional help that she's needing. She's much more than bi-polar or anything like that. She needs you and your help. Stay by her side as much as you can.

[sunflower3640]

Thank you for making this documentary, Tara. I'm going through something similar with my own parent and it helped with perspective. It's so hard. A big hug to you!

[Cyndi248fl]

The video was interesting because it shows how it is to grow up a with a parent who has a mental illness. The mom has been very fortunate to survive as well as she has on student loans I guess things are different for the homeless in kansas. Kansans seem to be more charitible to open up there home an give shelter to someone like this..

[AOliva1974]

This is a very good video!! I live about 45 mins away from Manhattan in a town called Council Grove. So, the title sparked my attention and I just had to watch it!! I'm about 10 1/2 minutes into the video and I am REALLY enjoying it!! Great job! May God Bless you and your mom's relationship in the many years to come!

[SynwaveWebStudios]

Good job Tara!

I wish you and your mom the very best of luck!

[rad4444nunez]

Such ingnorance from Evie's family, and daughter... very sad! If she really wanted to help her mother she would help her get diagnosed, so she could be treated properly.

[johnnabrynn]

Great Job, Tara, for spending your energy and devotion in expressing yourself. I believe it's just the "beginning" in a great relationship with your mom. Forgiveness can open another level of freedom for you and your mom; and real forgiveness can only be done with the help of Jesus Christ. I challenge you to seek that truth out for yourself. You are an amazing young lady, a truth seeker. Keep seeking, you will find!

[rji69]

Tara comes across as a complete BITCH. Love the mom, Evie! I believe Tara was trying to go for a modern day Grey Gardens but failed miserably.

[ollecarlsson]

interesting...................­.... i mean, how, important sound and picture are in movies, which is not so good in this an other amateur stuff : /

[jcurnes]

My mother killed herself in 79 , I was 14. She`s not going to always be there when you want to look her up. God bless and guide you. You will have the answers to all your motherly questions within 10 years. Trust me.

[atwon688]

LOL jayhawks are in lawrence ks, K-state wildcats are in manhattan. And i love how they portray manhattan to be some rural ass middle of nowhere place. It's actually a big college town with around 100,000 people in the metropolitan area.

[ceramicrat13]

that is not the population ! its closer to 60,000..and it wasnt that high when i was younger...also when tara and i grew up in the manhattan area it was no where..it is still you can go there and go somewhere else but it is no where...we did have a walmart..if that counts..and so what about the college..you have to leave there to realize that is rural.

[kcroyals2009]

go jayhawks

[songnight]

I thought the film was very well done. No easy answers or tidy resolutions here.

[loveisthevehicle]

If Terra's mom couldn't give Terra what she needed growing up, she's not going to be able to offer it now. She gave the best she had & that's all she can do. [ Took me a long time to learn that 4 myself.]

I left home angry @ my mom & not needing her. Many decades later she passed.

After her death I started working on forgiving her + hoping she'd forgiven me.

I wish I'd turned to my faith sooner to get what I didn't get from her. It's a slow journey that way but it's been 100% reliable.

[kcgirlgeek]

Okay, today I picked up where I left off yesterday in watching. At about the 50 minute mark Terra begins to have a revelation of just needing to butt out and move on with her own life. She should listen to her own inner voice about that, because the rest of her yammering on...is really her OWN mental illness speaking. In all honesty, I think the daughter needs a lot more therapy than the mother. Just my opinion.

[kcgirlgeek]

I think Terra probably should consider the fact that mental illness tends to run in families. In other words, although her mother is perhaps a bit delusional and grandiose in her thinking (and probably bipolar), there's also a very very good chance that Terra is ALSO mentally ill. I will say, I'm only 18 minutes into the film right now, so I've no idea where it's really going.

[eqrts4all]

I saw no illness or weirdness or etc. What I saw was a family of 2 good people who love each other very much.

The STRESS that their shared experience caused them, totally validates both of their behaviors and feelings. They came out of it pretty well, as I see it, and it looks like it will continue to get better because of the love they have for each other.

PEACE to all others in similar situations.

[mtallicuhh]

Terra was being un-fair. It's not like the mom had multiple choice options, & she could easily choose to provide a Normal life fore Terra & simply chose not to, & chose to give Terra a crummy life etc.. The mom simply followed her instincts & Terra's Child hood was the result of Her mom having a Kid. For a while I felt the same way bout my parents, than I realized- hey! they can't help it? & Maybe I'm just too smart & I'm able to realize I didn't get what "Normal Kids" got, it's not their fault

[mtallicuhh]

Dude that girl is so good looking though, I mean- There are girls that are: Hot, cute, pretty, sexy, pretty, beautiful- This girl is like Beautiful or something. More than hot, cute & sexy thats for sure

[blarson1983]

I'm from KS, and I swear not every Kansan is that dang weird.

[Sound4Sense]

Tara should have waited to make this film for 20-30 years, then she would have maybe appreciated her mother more. She is just too young to document anything and it all comes off as Exploitation

[Kameradin]

OK.... just 4mins later - she is a nut :)

[Kameradin]

In the beginning I thought the filmmaker was right and that the mother was a bit odd. But after about 56 mins, I am starting to wonder if her mother was right about it being a therapeutic thing for herself. She comes over as a bit of a brat.

[mtallicuhh]

Excuse me, I am an aspiring film maker, & about to shoot my first documentary- Can some one please respond to me!? - I'd like to speak with the director/film maker of this documentary. But if not, just any film maker would be great (as well) Just have general questions & I'll be you have good advice? please & thank you. By the way, some of my favorite docs are: Blindsided, Billy the Kid, My flesh & blood,Jeus Camp all trailers are on youtube check 'em out all are 100% the best!

[lunatinas]

Good Movie, made me cry... Best of lucks to you both....

I think life is not putting someone in a box of 'diagnose' as much as it is .... loving them for who they are...

[DAVETYIOP]

I remember seeing this movie and also I had the chance to talk with the director she was very nice. It was ironic that this is about her mother's mental illness because I think it was two days after I seen this that Virginia Tech would happen.

[mtallicuhh]

wow so this film is a couple years old than? & how did u get the chance to talk to the director? please explain? is she a documentary film maker? or a film maker? or is this like her only project she ever plans on doing?

[DAVETYIOP]

It was at a film fest. I don't if she has made any other movies.

[mtallicuhh]

Dude! I love this documentary! I haven't finnished it yet, so far i'm like a 3rd of the way through.

Is there any way i can talk to the film maker? are u reading this? can u reply to me? I am a HUGE! fan of Documentaries! I don't even know why, just some how got attracted to them, i'm 22, male, I just have questions I guess..

Please respond to me, I have yet to shoot my first documentary & maybe thats why I want to talk to you? anyway, the Subject is Genius & the Film is amazing, thanks!

[tubeeorrnottubee]

Bipolar disorder is an frightfully difficult malady to deal with for all concerned. I hope and pray you and your mother, both, are getting the help you need.. Don't be afraid to seek advice, and counseling on how to deal with it all.

Know she loves you=)