In Brooklyn, the majority of patients hospitalized for mental health care are black men, and predominantly black communities, like Crown Heights, hold the city’s third largest rates of hospitalization. And while navigating the American healthcare system is famously nightmarish for anyone who has the misfortune, getting help is harder when you’re facing the systematic biases built into it’s framework. Filmmaker Martine Granby sat down with Andre Walker to learn from his experiences negotiating New York’s behavioral health and rehabilitation centers, and hear how the process of finding help can affect how you feel.
