A conductor's brain went offbeat—then the world stopped too.
Recently diagnosed with ADHD, a symphony conductor uses the career shutdown of the 2020 pandemic to dive into her mental health. She looks for ways to face the challenges and honour the gifts of being neurodiverse.
Direction
Gillie Richards finds visual rhythm in restless minds.
Sound
Classical music becomes metaphor—controlled chaos, finally understood.
Director
Gillie Richards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rosemary Thomson was music director of the Calgary Philharmonic—this film captures her literally losing her job to COVID while gaining a diagnosis.
Part of a 2020s wave of women-led ADHD docs challenging the 'hyperactive boy' diagnostic bias—Thomson's late discovery at 50+ is increasingly common.
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