2010 REEL MIND Theatre and Film Series about Mental Illness, Diagnosis BiPolar

June

Tuesday 2010

2010 REEL MIND Theatre and Film Series about Mental Illness, Diagnosis BiPolar

Event Date:	Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Event Time:	7:00 PM
Event Location:	Cinema Theatre, 957 South Clinton Ave
Contact Telephone:	585-325-3145

Please note this is an archived calendar event.

The 2nd Annual REEL MIND is a collaborative effort sponsored by several area organizations and supported by a grant from The New York State Council on the Arts. The series features theatre and films about mental illness that promote hope despite difficult diagnoses, and which work to break down the stigma that remains so prevalent around issues of mental illness and addiction in our society.

While other films have previously explored this controversial illness, this film brings viewers deeply into the lives of families living with pediatric bipolar mood disorder (once called manic depression) for the first time. The stories told by the parents and children themselves reveal daily heartbreaks, failures and triumphs. Clearly, there are no easy answers: Doctors admit this diagnosis is poorly understood, and work with parents to sort through untested medications with debilitating side effects and unknown longterm results. The parents' honest and intimate observations underscore their remarkable strength as they make wrenghing medical decisions, feel profound social isolation, and struggle to help the charming, desperate kids they dearly love. One parent comments, "I feel as if we are living on an island that no one would ever want to visit."

Shot over nine months, the documentary includes stakr home video footage and interviews with experts, including: Dr. Ken Duckworth, medical director, the National Alliance on Mental Illness; Dr. Peter Gherardi, child psychiatrist and Dr. Ellen Liebenluft, chief of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Unit and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Series tickets are on sale now, including one ticket for either the May 18th or May 19th performance at the Blackfriars Theatre as well as one ticket for each of the films at the Cinema Theatre on June 1st, 15th & 29th. The cost for the Series is $35.00.

Individual tickets are also on sale now. Prices are:

Living With It - May 18th or May 19th - $15.00 each
Diagnosis BiPolar - June 1st - $8.00 each
Unlisted, A story of Schizophrenia - June 15th - $8.00 each
People Say I'm Crazy - June 29th - $8.00 each

Submitted by: RH Administrator, Rochester Health

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