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25.01.2022 This is a must watch doco for those interested, studying and/or involved with traumatic brain injuries (the snowboarding is great too!). A brilliant doco available on iView until 15 November.
24.01.2022 KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER & PLEASANT DANGER by Sam Feder - USA, Canada Queer Screne Film Festival - Sydney, SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 3.00PM When people say Kate Bornstein, I’d like them to think eccentric Aunty Kate.... ...and for the first time in my life I realised I want to stay. I don’t know why I want to stay alive. That one I still haven’t answered. Kate Bornstein has been a pioneer in deconstructing gender, a trailblazing artist and activist, and a self-titled gender outlaw for many years. Now, in a playful and wickedly fun documentary, named one of The Advocate’s best LGBT documentaries of 2014, we witness firsthand the whirlwind life of this polarizing figure. This incredible doco follows the fascinating work of the brilliant personality who paved the way for generations of gender non-conforming people, as well as giving us a thoughtful glimpse into her personal life. https://vimeo.com/84257153
24.01.2022 Mental As... kicks off this week on the ABC partnering with the Society for Mental Health Research. A program on TV and radio with a mental health/illness theme. Check it out! http://www.abc.net.au/mentalas/
20.01.2022 Loved the ABC's Hitting Home three part series about domestic violence in Australia. This kind of show can help in recognising when it's happening. There is support and options out there for men and women.
18.01.2022 In this TedTalks, Guy Winch asks us to take our emotional health as seriously as our physical health - and explores how to heal from common heartaches. http://www.ted.com//guy_winch_the_case_for_emotional_hygie
18.01.2022 On the subject of Domestic Violence against Women - Here is an ad from Italy exploring the idea through the nature of children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2OcKQ_mbiQ See a discussion about this ad and other, Australian campaigns on the TV show Gruen. Gruen Series 7 | Episode 6, from 23:10-34:30 minutes http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/gruen/LE1406H006S00#playing
17.01.2022 THE SUNNYBOY (2013) - caught this recently on TV! A wonderful documentary about Jeremy Oxley, the lead singer of Australian band The Sunnyboys. His wife Mary is just as heart-tingling-inspiring to watch and together they show the power of love, and one to one support to stabilise the lives of people with schizophrenia. http://thesunnyboy.com.au/
17.01.2022 Mr. Holmes (2015) a film about an ageing Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) who is experiencing the deterioration of his brilliant mind as he pieces together and reflects on an important story from his past. Given an outstanding rating of 86% by Rotten Tomatoes. *While fitting the place holder in the film as a rare plant used for enhancing the mental faculties, Prickly Ash has historically been a remedy for stimulating the body when it is feeling sluggish, for toothache, colic and rheumatism (Wikipedia). Some resources on memory loss and dementia: https://fightdementia.org.au/about-dementia-and-m/resources
17.01.2022 "Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation", dir Jane Manning. Highly recomend this enlightening documentary on pokie machines from all angles, particularly in Australia. http://iview.abc.net.au//ka-ching-pokie-nati/DO1406H001S00 If you feel strongly about this, you can check out 'The Pokies Play You' campaign and the Alliance for Gambling Reform: http://www.pokiesplayyou.org.au/ Thank you Tim Costello, Peter Garrett and others for making a stand.
16.01.2022 So hard for me to watch this... so grateful for being a survivor.. I hate Clubs, Pubs and Politics that think it is ok to destroy lives. Thank you for telling the true story of how these machines are designed to prey on people trying to get through everyday life.
15.01.2022 Ghadi (dir. Amin Dora, 2014 Lebanon) Ghadi is born into the world to a loving family as a special needs child. His father is a beloved music teacher in the small traditional Lebanese coastal town in which they live. The local townspeople lack an understanding of Ghadi’s condition and are afraid. The solution of Ghadi’s family and friends is genius, heart-warming and redemptive. Lebanese Film Festival 29 Aug - Sydney (http://lff.org.au/films/ghadi) // Arab Film Festival Australia (13 - 30 AUGUST 2015, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra) See more at: http://arabfilmfestival.com.au/film/ghadi/
14.01.2022 Excellent segment on stigma around mental illness and news media - The Weekly (9:54 -14:55) "What also kills is the knee jerk language that stigmatises mental illness - the kind of language we saw after this weeks shooting". "Because if you watch some news coverage you'd be forgiven for thinking there is a straight line between depression and violence. But there isn't. ..." http://iview.abc.net.au//weekly-with-charlie/LE1409V020S00
14.01.2022 <3 <3 <3 Fantastic film on Anxiety - Panic Attacks. So real and such a pleasure to watch. Can I say, she is like a German Meg Ryan. https://vimeo.com/118564605
08.01.2022 A filmmaker from Georgia travels through her country interviewing 15-23-year-olds who believe that the content of their life is suitable for a film. The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear, a film by Tinatin Gurchiani. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2551618/plotsummary
08.01.2022 I was asked to name my ten favourite books about dysfunctional families. I wonder if you agree with my list... shared from Richard Glover
04.01.2022 Her name is Julia! Julia is part of Sesame Workshop's new digital initiative, "Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children," which includes an iPad app and various online resources for parents with kids who have autism. She has some behaviors like not looking at you directly in the eye, she’s a little more sensitive to noises and lights but when she comes together with Abby and Elmo, she’s shares not only these challenges but also what she shares in common,... http://abcnews.go.com//sesame-streets-1st-muppet-au/story
03.01.2022 http://www.upworthy.com/magic-words-to-say-when-everythings
03.01.2022 My Skinny Sister (Sweden-Germany, 2015) Telling the story from [little sister] Stella’s p.o.v. adds some fresh situations to the standard eating-disorder narrative[Director and Writer] Senna Lenken, who was anorexic as a teen, has already made a prize-winning short about eating disorders from the p.o.v. of the sufferers, called Eating Lunch (2013) http://variety.com//film-review-my-skinny-sister-12014349/
02.01.2022 Sydney locals, check out the "States of Mind" film series on now at the Art Gallery of NSW - up until the 4th of June. http://m.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/cal/states-mind-film-series/
01.01.2022 Can a team of elite psychologists help four Australian families to overcome their deep-seated difficulties and conflicts, and move forward as a cohesive, thriving family unit? #MakingFamiliesHappy http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/making-families-happy/
01.01.2022 "I never wanted to be as open about it as I was. I have a British stiff-upper-lip mentality it wasn’t something I wanted to shout from the rooftops. But when it did come to light, I know I’m not the only person who suffers with it or has to deal with it on a day-to-day basis. So, if I’ve helped anybody by discussing bipolar or depression, that’s great." Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bipolar II Disorder http://aplus.com/a/15-celebrities-standing-up-mental-illnes
