Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away
Citizen : I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away (1982), directed by William Farley, marks the first screen appearance of Whoopi Goldberg. The film is an avant-garde ensemble piece also starring West Coast performance artists Stoney Burke, Bob Carroll, Darryl Henriques, Murray Korngold, Pons Maar, John O'Keefe, and Michael Peppe.
In 1983, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and was also featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Distributed by William Farley Film Group.
Plot
A group of anonymous young people embark on an apparently random journey through a disjointed San Francisco cityscape. Along their travels they encounter a succession of madmen and eccentrics, portrayed by various West Coast performance artists, whose impassioned monologues and improvisations satirize the institutions of contemporary American society.
Cast
Stoney Burke
Bob Carroll
Whoopi Goldberg
Darryl Henriques
Murray Korngold
Pons Maar
John O'Keefe