Fwd: Sophia University, June 10th: "MENTAL," a documentary on an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan

Aaron Gerow aaron.gerow at yale.edu
Wed May 27 12:19:41 EDT 2009



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> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:20:50 +0900
> From: David Slater <d-slater at sophia.ac.jp>
> Subject: Sophia University, June 10th: "MENTAL," a documentary on  
> an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan
>
> Sophia University (Faculty of Liberal Arts and Department of  
> Psychology) is
> pleased to invite you to the screening of MENTAL, a  
> prize-winning
> documentary directed by Mr. Kazuhiro Soda. The director will be  
> present at
> the screening: he will give a brief introduction of the film before  
> the
> screening, and will be available for Q&A after the film.  Do take your
> friends, students, and colleagues to the screening and the  
> opportunity to
> meet the director of the fascinating film.
>
>
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> MENTAL directed by Kazuhiro Soda
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> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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> Time: 5:30 pm (Q&A will start at 8:00 pm) *with English subtitles
>
> Venue: Sophia University, Building 10 Lecture Hall
>
> (see http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/ 
> yotsuya_access
>
> http://www.sophia.ac.jp/E/E_universityinfo.nsf/Content/yotsuya_map)
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> Admission: Free (Open to general public)
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> No registration required
>
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> About the film:
>
> MENTAL is a feature-length documentary that observes  
> the complex world of
> an outpatient mental health clinic in Japan, interwoven with patients,
> doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers, in cinema-verite  
> style. The
> film breaks a major taboo against discussing mental illness  
> prevalent in
> Japanese society, and captures the candid lives of people coping with
> suicidal tendencies, poverty, a sense of shame, apprehension, and  
> fear of
> society.
>
>
>
> Best documentary (Pusan Film Festival etc)
>
>
>
> About the director: Kazuhiro Soda is a Japanese director currently  
> based in
> New York. His first feature documentary, CAMPAIGN  
> (2007) was awarded the
> world-prestigious Peabody Award (2008). MENTAL is his  
> second feature
> documentary, and he is currently shooting SEINENDAN  
> (working title), a
> feature documentary about an internationally acclaimed playwright/ 
> director
> Hirata Oriza and his theater company.
>
>  For more information about MENTAL, please visit the  
> official Web site:
> http://www.laboratoryx.us/mental/.  The film will be on at theater  
> Image
> Forum in Tokyo from June 13th.
>
> -- 
> David H. Slater, Ph.D.
> Faculty of Liberal Arts
> Sophia University, Tokyo
>
> The Sophia server rejects emails at times. Should your mail to me get
> returned, please resend to: dhslater at gmail.com. Sorry for the  
> inconvenience.
>


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