When Movie Trauma Mimics Historical Trauma

New blog post in Psychology Today:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/screenology/202407/when-movie-trauma-mimics-historical-trauma

Photo taken by "Civil War" actor Cailee Spaeny, while on set. Does the fact that it was taken by an actor give it more authenticity? Courtesy A24

Interviewed on podcast re mental health, horror, and dean'ing

enjoyed being interviewed for this podcast - horror movies, mental health,and dean'ing. Names dropped: Debra Kahn Tolchinsky, True Memories and Other Falsehoods, Northwestern University Department of Radio/Television/Film, Northwestern University MFA in Writing for Screen+Stage, The Media School at Indiana University, Northwestern University Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab, Get Out, La Llorona, the Babadook, His House, The Black Phone,and Under the Skin. Enjoy:

https://soundcloud.com/iu-media-school/episode-6-im-no-expert-on-mental-health-and-filmmaking?fbclid=IwAR3morFbbJeaFYmueyzFlxn2jvKd2x0LoOWz6BfH_OCFhtVjYQqwaebm8N0

Looking forward to speaking about mental health and media

Register here: https://alumni.iupui.edu/events/weekend-u.html (IU-centric, but open to the public)

Thanks, CMC

for the coverage of mental health and film/tv depictions:

https://www.cmc.edu/news/mental-health-and-filmtv-depictions

 

Mental Health and Film/TV Depictions

Excited to deliver this talk April 11 as part of the  Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum speaker series at Claremont McKenna College. 

https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/events/20230411