Out of My Head

A filmmaker sets out to investigate the devastating migraine attacks that have her daughter in
their grip. As mother and daughter seek understanding and ever-elusive treatment, we follow
them into a bizarre and fascinating world populated by doctors, neuroscientists, other
migraineurs, and such unexpected characters as Lewis Carroll, Thomas Jefferson, and Joan
Didion. We learn that, rather than a terrible headache, migraine is a complex, deeply
stigmatized neurological disease afflicting nearly a billion people worldwide. This
kaleidoscopic journey, told through interviews, cinema verité, art and animation, explores the
history, impact and raw emotion evoked by this unpredictable and confounding condition.