Directors Lounge Screening:
Crooked Beauty
Films by
Ken Paul Rausenthal
Lichtblick-Kino
Kastanienallee 77
10435 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Ken Paul Rosenthal, filmmaker from San Francisco will present his
films at Lichtblick, Berlin
Crooked Beauty (2010, 30 minutes)
This internationally acclaimed poetic documentary
chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara's
transformative journey from psych ward inpatient
to pioneering mental health advocacy. It is an
intimate portrait of her intense personal quest
to live with courage and dignity, and a powerful
critique of standard psychiatric treatments.
Poignant testimonials connect the fissures and
fault lines of human nature to the unstable
topography and mercurial weather patterns of the
San Francisco Bay Area.
In Light, In! (2013, 12 minutes)
A haunting, visual essay about the awkward and
angry junctures where our culture struggles to
manage its emotional distress. Images recycled
from 1950's-era educational films are accompanied
by original compositions by world-renowned
cellist, Zoe Keating.
And followed by an additional treat, an excerpt of a work in progress.
Director Bio
Ken Paul Rosenthal is a cinema artist and mental
health advocate whose current work explores the
geography of madness through the regenerative
power of nature, urban landscapes, home movies,
and archival footage from social hygiene films.
His films are visually sensual, emotionally
intelligent works of art that also function as
tools for personal and societal transformation.
His films, Crooked Beauty and In Light, In! have
collectively won eighteen awards, screened in
sixty film festivals, and been presented in
person at dozens of peer support networks,
universities, mental health symposium and
community events worldwide.
Links
http://www.lichtblick-kino.org/
http://directorslounge.net
http://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com
Please find an essay and film stills on my page:
http://richfilm.de/filmUpload/1-framesKenPaulRosenthal.html
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