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ROGER and DAVE
 
a film by johnny wu
written and directed by johnny wu

with Erik Holmberg as (Roger/Dave)
and Michelle Ehrman (the girlfriend)


LATEST NEWS:

  • AtomFilms.com's Content Acquisitions Manager, Peter Ignacio said "it's very good"
  • Screening on November 7 @ 7:45pm at the Asian American Association Film Festival at UC Berkeley as part of the "Color of Film" program.
  • Showing in rotation during Mondays at 10pm on Adelphia's Cleveland Channel 26 or 25 and/or 52

Roger and Dave is a fictitious short based on a personal experience that tells a story of a person with DID...

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder, characterized by the existence of two or more distinct personality states that have the capacity to take control of the body... Co-consciousness refers to the level of shared awareness of existence and behavior between the host personality and their alters. It is estimated that 8% of general population in the USA has symptoms related to DID.

The average person diagnosed with DID spend 7 years in the mental health system before being properly diagnosed. Four times as many women are diagnosed as men.

Two non-profit groups based in the US that disseminate information on DID are: The Sidran Foundation and The International Society for the Study of Dissociation

     
A typical day for the brothers Roger and Dave until they are caught between a woman
     
 

click here to watch the video

download the press kit (zipped PDF format file)

 
 


Thanks to the crew:
Raymon Elkin
David Levy
Michael Ashton

and the support from
Jesse Shuster aka Shu
Sigur ros
Aiwa Strategic Accounts Partnership

Music composed by Johnny Wu
TV scenes from "Untitled 1" Music Video
by Sigur ros

     

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