[CS] Reminder: Alumni Documentary Film Screening "Shadows & Illuminations" introduction by Dr. Robert Lemelson Tues April 3 5:30pm ASH Auditorium

[Ryan McLaughlin]

> PLEASE ANNOUNCE and FORWARD TO INTERESTED STUDENTS, FRIENDS, and 
> COLLEAGUES
>> Documentary Film Screening by Hampshire Alumnus Dr. Robert Lemelson 
>> Tuesday, April 3rd 5:30pm ASH Auditorium
>> */Shadows &  Illuminations/*
>> a film directed by Hampshire College graduate *Robert Lemelson 79F*
>> Tuesday, April 3, at 5:30 p.m. in Hampshire College's Adele Simmons 
>> Hall auditorium. *//*
>>
>> Dr. Lemelson will be present and will introduce the film. The 
>> screening is free and
>> open to the public.
>>
>>
>> /Shadows &  Illuminations/  is part of the ethnographic film series 
>> "Afflictions:
>> Culture&  Mental Illness in Indonesia" and is based on material drawn 
>> from 12 years
>> of research by anthropologist and director Lemelson.
>>
>> The film focuses on Nyoman Kereta, a rural Balinese man in his late 
>> sixties who
>> suffers from a mental illness. The film explores Kereta's personal 
>> history of
>> trauma, loss, and environmental illness, all of which may have 
>> contributed to
>> his experience.
>>
>> His story is placed in the context of local community, cultural 
>> beliefs, and
>> practices, with his family members and local mental health 
>> practitioners'
>> observations and perspectives.
>>
>> Lemelson holds a Ph.D. from the department of anthropology at UCLA 
>> and an M.A.
>> from the University of Chicago. He is currently a research 
>> anthropologist at the
>> Semel Institute of Neuroscience at UCLA. He is president and founder 
>> of The
>> Foundation for Psychocultural Research, which supports research and 
>> training in
>> the neurosciences and social sciences. In addition, Lemelson is 
>> director of
>> Elemental Productions, a documentary film production company.
>>
>> For more information about the event, please contact cbd at hampshire.edu
>> <mailto:cbd at hampshire.edu>  or call 413.559.5501.
>> For more information about the film, please visit 
>> www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
>>
>> This event is organized by the Foundation for Psychocultural Research 
>> and
>> Hampshire College Program in Culture, Brain, and Development.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ryan McLaughlin, Program Coordinator
>> Program in Culture, Brain and Development
>> Hampshire College
>> 893 West Street Amherst, MA 01002
>> phone: 413.559.5501
>> fax: 413.559.5438
>> http://cbd.hampshire.edu<http://cbd.hampshire.edu/>
>

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Ryan McLaughlin, Program Coordinator
Program in Culture, Brain and Development
Hampshire College
893 West Street Amherst, MA 01002
phone: 413.559.5501
fax: 413.559.5438
http://cbd.hampshire.edu <http://cbd.hampshire.edu/>
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