The Dark Horse By James Napier Robertson - 1581 Words

In today s society people tend to hear the word â€Å"bipolar† and automatically assume crazy,nutcase or weird. In the film â€Å"Dark Horse† directed by James Napier Robertson, we could see how Genesis Potini broke all stereotypical thoughts of having the mental illness of bipolar. Throughout all these trials that Genesis went through he always came out on the other side. This made me wonder why having a bipolar illness is a terrible illness to have in life. My hypothesis was that people who suffer from bipolar live terrible lives. To test this my hypothesis I came up with the following questions: How is bipolar illness treated in New Zealand?, what causes bipolar illness? and how is bipolar viewed in the Tongan culture. What is the cause of bipolar illness ? Most of my resources agreed with my hypothesis by stating that bipolar suffers do have terrible lives by not knowing the exact cause of bipolar. There are some presumable causes of bipolar which is thought to be caused by faulty genes that have been passed down from generation to generation. (Dr. Nick Stafford Dr.John H. Noseworthy, 2012,2011) My first source, emphasizes that there is no exact cause of bipolar illness but there is a lot of factors that could be considered (John.Noseworthy,2012). This also links to my second resource which stated that an aspect resulting to bipolar was to do with the number of faulty genes in the nucleus carried on from generation to generation forming early stages of bipolar. ThereforeShow MoreRelatedThe Dark Horse By James Napier Robertson Essay2017 Words   |  9 Pages Often in our lifetime we come across someone with mental illness but do we actually know how they feel or what they are going through. In the film â€Å"The Dark Horse† directed by James Napier Robertson, we go through a journey with Genesis Potini who suffers from bipolar disorder. The film gave me an insight on how society often puts down people with mental illness, which results in self-doubt, but with the support of people who look beyond your illness and the right type of medication we can seeRead MoreThe Movie The Dark Horse 1806 Words   |  8 PagesDiscuss the Feature Film The Dark Horse This essay will discuss the movie The Dark Horse. The movie’s focus is based on the life of Genesis Potini, a Maori speed chess player. Unlike Once Were Warriors it is a movie that rises above the negative stereotypes of poverty, gang culture and violence. There were a number of great reviews of the movie from both local and overseas papers and websites found by researching online. It was harder to find criticisms; some were aimed at the negative stereotyping