October 23 — Watch “Away from Her,” narrative film about Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s and its effects on families is the subject of “away with Her,” one of the best movies of 2007. Watch it with lit crits and medical professionals.
When: Thursday October 23rd, 3:00-5:30 p.m.
Where: IUPUI University Library Lilly Auditorium
Illness Narrative Film Series - Fall 2008. Film screenings are free and open to the public! Offered in conjunction with English L431/L680 and Medical Humanities M592. For further information, contact Professor Jane Schultz (jschult@iupui.edu)
Away from Her, a English-Canadian film directed by Sarah Polley, is based on Alice Munro’s short story “The Bear Came over the Mountain”, from the 2001 collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage. The film stars Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie as a couple whose marriage is tested when Christie’s character begins to suffer from Alzheimer’s and moves into a nursing home, where she loses virtually all memory of her husband and begins to develop a romance with another nursing home resident.
And for your listening pleasure …
