Icarus Films screenings at national conferences
OAH - Organization of American Historians
Seattle, WA. March 26th - 28th
MILK IN THE LAND
This documentary traces the history of the national consumption of milk, from the mid-19th century swill cow stables-an urban byproduct of distilleries, when Americans drank more beer than milk-to today's industrialized production of homogenized and pasteurized milk.
WPA - The Western Psychological Association
Portland, OR. April 23rd - 26th
BETWEEN MADNESS AND ART
The story of Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933) and his collection of art by schizophrenic patients.
HIDDEN GIFTS
The mysterious relationship between artistic expression and mental illness, glimpsed through the story of Scotsman Angus MacPhee, diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1946.
FAT CHANCE
Yuka, almost 200 pounds and fast approaching fifty, decides the time has come to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier.
Labels: academic conferences, american history, arts, psychology, schizophrenia, US history