Groundbreaking Docuseries Follows a Man’s Mental Health Journey

 

Adam Schomer, the acclaimed producer of HEAL and director of the newly released docuseries Selling Superman joins eHealth Radio and the Mental Health Channel. Adam’s docuseries explores themes that resonate deeply with our audience here on eHealth Radio—mental health, the cost of perfectionism, and redefining heroism.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels guest Adam Schomer discuss the following:

1. What is Selling Superman about?
2. This film is as much about comic book collecting as it is mental health and self-worth. Can you please explain how the series pulls back the curtain on how childhood dynamics and societal pressures shape anxiety, perfectionism, and self-perception.
3. Explain the significance of Authentic Heroism that you are trying to convey. Specifically, how Darren, the main character, redefines heroic qualities by unmasking his emotions and bravely confronting his struggles.
4. As a filmmaker how do you straddle Responsibility vs. Exploitation: The ethical challenges of storytelling when the subject’s vulnerability is at stake?
5. Philosophical Insights: From Nietzsche’s “Übermensch” to Superman’s moral lessons, as a filmmaker and storyteller how do we redefine value and purpose in a modern world?
6. The Pilgrimage of Healing: Why does a true transformation require bravery, perspective, and a willingness to confront the shadows within?

Film Synopsis: About Selling Superman

This groundbreaking docuseries follows a man’s mental health journey as he inherits over 300,000 comics, including a rare $3M Superman #1. Beneath the surface, the story reveals the burden of perfectionism, family secrets, and the transformative struggle to find self-worth in the shadow of a shocking inheritance.

About Adam Schomer

Adam Schomer is a documentary filmmaker, president of i2i Productions, and is known for going to extreme lengths to follow stories that empower us. Feature documentaries include the award winning THE HIGHEST PASS (2012), THE POLYGON (2014), ONE LITTLE PILL (2015), and WOMEN OF THE WHITE BUFFALO (2022). He is well known for producing the #1 iTunes Best-Seller and NETFLIX hit, HEAL (2017), which went on to spawn three online summits, a Heal book, the Heal podcast, and now Heal conferences. It continues to be the goto film for holistic healing and streams on Amazon Prime.

Adam created and directed the 10 episode docu-series THE ROAD TO DHARMA (2020), a heart pounding and spirit driven quest to find freedom on motorcycles in the Himalayas, and wrote its companion online course for Living a Life of Freedom. He just finished directing and producing the 4-part documentary SELLING SUPERMAN (2024) and writing/directing the feature documentary FINDING PEACE (2024) featuring the famed Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard. I2i’s newest feature doc in development is ERIN’S LAW (2026) of which Adam is the executive producer.

i2i Productions is located in Santa Monica, California. Our mission is to Unite Through Wisdom and Entertainment. IMDb: Adam Schomer IMDb: i2i Productions.

Website & Trailer: https://www.sellingsuperman.com
Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SellingSuperman 

Social Handles:
YouTube: @SellingSuperman
Instagram: @SellingSupermanFilm
Facebook: @SellingSupermanFilm
X: @SellSupermanDoc

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