AV俱乐部

Free public screening with expert-led panel discussion afterwards.
Monday, March 27, 2017 (7:00PM)
QEII Royal Bank Theatre, Halifax Infirmary, Ground Floor, 1796 Summer St. entrance

Moderator:听Tim Krahn听(Research Associate, Novel Tech Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, AV俱乐部, Halifax NS).

Facilitators

• (Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AV俱乐部 &听IWK Youth Psychosis Team.听Head, Division of Outpatient Services,听IWK Mental Health & Addictions Program, Halifax NS).
• (Philosopher. Chair, Associate Professor, Department of General Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary AB).
• (Mental Health Knowledge Translation Specialist. Healing Tree Communications, Halifax NS).

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Synopsis

Twenty years after the death of his parents, filmmaker Dinesh Sabu begins a journey to finally piece together their story.Uncovering a silenced family history of mental illness, Dinesh confronts the legacy of having a mother who lived with schizophrenia and died by suicide, the reality of growing up an orphaned immigrant, and the trauma of these events. Can he reconcile these truths all while living in the specter of mental illness?

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Topics for discussion

Schizophrenia听

Family resilience and coping听

Immigration and living as a cultural minority in America听

Early parental death听

Suicide

Intimate partner violence

Reviews

• Allen, N. (17 Feb 2017). . RogerEbert.com.
• Calvario, L. (28 Sept 2016). . Indie Wire.
• Anonymous. (25 Nov 2011-14 Jan 2012). . Kickstarter.

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