[CS] Alumni Documentary Film Screening "Shadows & Illuminations" Directed 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 Balinese Man Haunted by the Spirit World/, a film
> directed by Hampshire College graduate *Robert Lemelson 79F*, will screen on
> Tuesday, April 3, at 5:30 p.m. in Hampshire College's Adele Simmons Hall auditorium.
>
> Shadows and Illuminations
>
> Dr. Lemelson will be present and 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 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.
>
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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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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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