[Bermagui Community] Community Doco Screening - Sunday April 15th

[lena luna]

*The April doco 'Crazy Wise' will be the last monthly community screening
before the winter stop. We'll start the next series of community screenings
in September with some very inspiring docos lined up! Thank you very much
for your support of CobargoDocos!*
*Sunday, April 15th will be the next monthly community documentary
screening in the Old Cobargo Butter Factory at 3.30pm*


Crazywise
*A film by Phil Borges*

*Melinda & Aly will present the documentary CRAZYWISE and lead a discussion
on the subject after the screening. The proceeds will go to the Women's
Resource Centre (WRC), Bega.*

What can we learn from those who have turned their psychological crisis
into a positive transformative experience?

During a quarter-century documenting indigenous cultures, human-rights
photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges often saw these cultures identify
‘psychotic’ symptoms as an indicator of shamanic potential. He was
intrigued by how differently psychosis is defined and treated in the West.

Through interviews with renowned mental health professionals including
Gabor Mate, MD, Robert Whitaker, and Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, Phil explores
the growing severity of the mental health crisis in America dominated by
biomedical psychiatry. He discovers a growing movement of professionals and
psychiatric survivors who demand alternative treatments that focus on
recovery, nurturing social connections, and finding meaning.

Crazywise follows two young Americans diagnosed with ‘mental illness’.
Adam, 27, suffers devastating side effects from medications before
embracing meditation in hopes of recovery. Ekhaya, 32, survives childhood
molestation and several suicide attempts before spiritual training to
become a traditional South African healer gives her suffering meaning and
brings a deeper purpose to her life.

Crazywise doesn’t aim to over-romanticize indigenous wisdom, or completely
condemn Western treatment. Not every indigenous person who has a crisis
becomes a shaman. And many individuals benefit from Western medications.

However, indigenous peoples’ acceptance of non-ordinary states of
consciousness, along with rituals and metaphors that form deep connections
to nature, to each other, and to ancestors, is something we can learn from.

Crazywise adds a voice to the growing conversation that believes a
psychological crisis can be an opportunity for growth and potentially
transformational, not a disease with no cure.

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/crazywise

Coffee and tea provided - Bring your own mug ;-)

To cover the costs a $5 donation is much appreciated.

Please come in big numbers to keep more documentary screenings possible!

See you there,
Lena

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