The MisALT Screening Series Presents:
"Mental Hopscotch: (Mis)Adventures in Psychiatry and Mental Illness"
Featuring:
"Crooked Beauty" By Ken Paul Rosenthal
- A poetic documentary chronicling the life of Artist-Activist and Icarus Project Co-Founder Jacks McNamara and her journey from childhood abuse victim, to psych ward patient, to pioneering mental health advocate. ...
[read more] The MisALT Screening Series Presents:
"Mental Hopscotch: (Mis)Adventures in Psychiatry and Mental Illness"
Featuring:
"Crooked Beauty" By Ken Paul Rosenthal
- A poetic documentary chronicling the life of Artist-Activist and Icarus Project Co-Founder Jacks McNamara and her journey from childhood abuse victim, to psych ward patient, to pioneering mental health advocate.
www.crookedbeauty.com
"Fwd: Update on My Life" By Nicky Tavares
- A hybrid live-action and animated documentary detailing the humorous and tragic life story of Dr. Deanie French, a pioneer of computer-mediated communication research and internet-based learning who decides one day to take a vacation from her prescription of mood stabilizers and the adventures and mishaps that follow.
www.nickytavares.com
"Not Too Much Remember" By Tony Gault
- "The CIA and the LSD they gave Richard: 'NTMR' deconstructs the mighty power of narratives and their pervasive effect on the formation of consciousness."
"Picture #4" By Tony Gault
- "A proliferation of psychiatric narratives and the mysterious implications of personality testing."
"Dead People" By Roger Deutsch
- A portrait of Frank Butler, an eccentric and frequently drunk inhabitant of an economically depressed small town who shares his stories of the crazy and the dead.
"Mario Makes a Movie" By Roger Deutsch
- A portrait of a man with developmental disabilities blending Deutsch's personal accounts as his former teacher with those of his family members, including archival footage and material generated by the subject himself.
www.ottofilms.org
Curated by Tessa Siddle
http:www.othervixen.com/misalt.html
$5-10 Suggested Donation
