Psychodrama film event at AFI (August 5, 2009 at 7 pm)

[Steven Gordon]

Fellow psychodramatist:

As we did last year, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the ASGPP will be  
going to the American Film Institute in Silver Spring for a  
psychologically oriented film.  On August 5, "Romulus, My Father" will  
be showing at 7 pm.  The AFI web site describes the film as follows:

Based on the critically acclaimed memoir of the same name, this heart- 
wrenching drama follows Romulus (Eric Bana), a flawed yet deeply  
committed father who struggles to raise his son in the face of his  
wife's (Franka Potente) mental illness and neglectful ways. Set in  
rural Australia, the film is an ode not only to a father who overcomes  
insurmountable odds, but also to a nation and its breathtaking  
landscapes.

A discussion will follow with Kenneth E. Towbin, M.D., Chief, Clinical  
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health,  
NIH.

Additionally, we will have further discussion afterwards.  Please  
RSVP.  We may be able to get advanced tickets if you let us know you  
will be joining us.

The link for the event is below.

Steve Gordon

http://science.education.nih.gov/cinema