University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Division of Student Affairs

Presents a Series of FREE Movies and Dialogue

Thursday Nights – 7:00 p.m.

LARTS Bldg., Room 117

Spring 2013

 

 

The Counseling Center; Peer Health Educators; the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality; Active Minds; Compeer, and the Frederick Douglass Unity House have teamed up to offer a Thursday night Movie and Dialogue series. This series will feature popular films and documentaries chosen to raise awareness of mental health issues, social justice, and cultural issues and trends. Each week, the movie will start at 7:00 p.m. in the (Liberal Arts Building) LARTS, Room 117, and be followed by a dialogue about the film and topic.  Each will be facilitated by a staff member or a student group. Each event is FREE for all UMass Dartmouth students, faculty and staff!!

 

 

Date

Movie

Description

Facilitator

1/31/13

Temple Grandin

Autobiography of women with Aspergers

Christine Frizzell

2/7/13

One Flew Over the

Cuckoo's Nest

A wild look at a mental health inpatient unit

Sarah Conklin

2/14/13

Groundhog Day

A romantic comedy about how we all repeat dysfunctional patterns

Active Minds

2/21/13

I Am Sam

A father with cognitive disabilities

Christine Frizzell

2/28/13

Killing Us Softly

Jean Kilburn's look at how advertising shapes perceptions of females bodies

Peer Health Educators

3/7/13

Crash

The prejudices we don't know we have

Keith Wilder

3/14/13

Girl Interrupted

Another inpatient story

Christine Frizzell

3/28/13

Miss Representation

How the media's misrepresentation of women has led to women's under-representation in positions of power

Juli Parker

4/4/13

Arranged

Two women face arranged marriages

Keith Wilder

4/11/13

No Such Thing

A modern fairy tale in which a creature grows from narcissism into the ability to connect to others

David Perry

4/18/13

The Soloist

Friendship between a reporter and a mentally ill musician

Christopher Frazer

4/25/13

The Prince of Tides

A story of bipolar disorder

Christine Frizzell

 

 

 

For more information or any questions, please contact Dr. Christine Frizzell, Director of Counseling at cfrizzell@umassd.edu

or tel. 508-999-8649.

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