Michigan Headache Clinic in the Movies

We have been actively involved in the use of mass media to make the public more aware of headaches.

2011: Lily's Mom (see IMDB listing here)

Lily's Mom is a dramatic feature film created by Dr. Messina and staff, about the difficulties of a woman battling depression and crippling headaches. See more about it on our IMDB page. Although this is a fictional piece, it demonstrates the need for patients to become their own advocates. It will be shown in film festivals in the 2011 season. The film won an award in the Dramatic Feature category and was Official Choice of the Indie Gathering International Film Festival in Cleveland. Other showings include the Saginaw Riverside Film Festival and

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2008: Mystery Diagnosis: The Headache That Wouldn't Go Away (see IMDB listing here)

In this television program, Dr. Messina deals with a woman whose headaches were refractory and producing stroke-like changes in her brain. Although this program was initially aired in 2008, it is still being shown in the US and other English speaking countries.

 

2005: Life and Migraine (see IMDB listing here)

Our clinic, with the help of cast, crew and a talented Screen Actors Guild actor, produced this film in Lansing. The film is intended to increase awareness of migraine and to empower sufferers. It helps nonheadache people, like spouses and employers, to better understand what it is like to get such severe headaches. See more about it on the IMDB page and on the "Life and Migraine" webpage. It is still available on DVD.