Laser’s hallucinatory investigative report explores Paris’s Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, widely considered the birthplace of modern psychology and neurology. Interviews with doctors, historians, clergy, and dance therapists reveal uncanny connections between the emergence of “hysteria” in 19th-century Paris and recent outbreaks of so-called TikTok tics.
Is Convulsive States on Netflix? Unfortunately the movie Convulsive States is not yet available on Netflix.
| Directing | Liz Magic Laser | Director |
| Crew | Laura Geisswiller | Cinematography |
| Editing | Isaac Goes | Editor |
| Editing | Michelle Yoon | Editor |
| Sound | Jared Arnold | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Gobby | Music |
