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Toyota Professor in Residence Special Film Event | "Mental" 「精神」

Toyota Professor in Residence Kazuhiro Soda 想田和弘
Friday, September 23, 2016
7:00-10:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Directed by 2016-17 Toyota Professor in Residence Kazuhiro Soda

2008, 135 minutes

Presented in Japanese with English subtitles

★ FREE Film Screening with Kazuhiro Soda's introduction and post-film Q&A session ★

"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.

This event is followed by a mini-reception (10-11pm) at Slurping Turtle (608 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor).
Building: Off Campus Location
Location: Michigan Theater | 603 East Liberty Street
Event Type: Film Screening
Tags: Film, Japanese Studies, Social Justice
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Center for Japanese Studies, International Institute, Asian Languages and Cultures

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