The Extraordinary Ordinary

Q&A with the Filmmakers

Three college students find solace and healing in the arts, overcoming their personal history with mental health issues when old wounds resurface.

A few years after a traumatic high school experience, a young photography student moves across the country from New York to Southern California in search of a fresh start. She quickly finds that she is not alone in her struggles with anxiety and depression and learns that the road to recovery is paved with more love, understanding, and community than she ever could have imagined. "The Extraordinary Ordinary" is a gripping and heartwarming narrative that seeks to challenge the stigmas associate with mental health, trauma, and recovery and recognize the courage of those young adults struggling in silence everywhere.