Movies for Mental Health

Skyline College

Thursday, May 5, 2016

@artwithimpact

#Movies4MentalHealth

Here’s the Plan

I. Quick introduction

II. Set the stage together

III. Watch short films & discuss them

IV. Make it personal with our panel

Brought to you by

• Monthly short film competition

• Campus workshops

• Global community (blog, IG, Twitter, FB)

Agreements:

Mental health is personal

This is a public “safe” space

Films may be triggering.

Some movies that show mental illness:

Characters with mental illness are portrayed as:

What is mental illness?

Mental health vs. mental illness?

A Family’s Cry for Help

By Christy Morales-Kumasawa

What is stigma?

How does stigma feel?

Without Beauty

By Garette Henson

AWI Winner, May 2014

In groups of three

• What did you think?

• What did you feel?

What did you think? What did you feel?

Thoughts Feelings

AHD – Do You Really Have It?

By Cameron Voris & Chris Bollinger

AWI Winner, 2016

In groups of three

• What did you think?

• What did you feel?

• What have you learned?

What did you think… feel… learn?

Thoughts InsightsFeelings

Black and Shiny Things

By Thomas Schade

AWI Winner, August 2012

What can I do?

Meet the Panel

• Student panelist- Courtney Bozzo

• On-campus panelists- Beverly Muse, Psychological Services & Personal Counseling

• Off-campus panelists- Errol Feria, MFTI from Daly City Youth Services - Ting Yi Huang, MFT from Pyramid Alternatives

Thank you for coming!

• Contact us:

– info@artwithimpact.org

–Follow us!

–Submit a film!

http://www.artwithimpact.org/contest