Mental Illness & Film Series

Tarnation (2003)
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.

Screening and conversation with Lance Wahlert
September 28, 4:30pm
Center for Bioethics

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories when their relationship turns sour, but it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

Screening and conversation with Nora Jones
October 19, 4:30pm
Center for Bioethics

Beautiful Son (2007)
"Beautiful Son" is a personal story of a family's effort to help their son with autism. When the medical establishment has little to offer, they turn to a community of doctors and parents who are experimenting with treatments and recovering some children. Through one family's struggle to save their son, we are introduced to the complex and sometimes controversial world of autism.

Autism is a World (2004)
A documentary on an autistic woman's inner world, her writing, and the friends she made while in college.

Screening and conversation with Benjamin DiCicco-Bloom
November 2, 4:30pm
Center for Bioethics

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse.

Screening and conversation with Jonathan Moreno
February 23, 4:30pm
Center for Bioethics

Marnie (1964)
Based on the novel by Winston Graham
Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

Screening and conversation with Lance Wahlert
March 23, 5:30pm
Center for Bioethics

Titicut Follies (1967)
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.

Screening and conversation with Arthur Caplan
April 21, 6:30pm
Center for Bioethics