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This frank generational portrait assembles a gallery of aging men, all baby boomers drawn from the filmmaker’s community of friends and family. With filmmaker Manfred Kirchheimer in person.

This is the first feature film directed by pioneering filmmaker Spencer Williams, whose screenplay was inspired by a Langston Hughes poem. Followed by a panel discussion featuring Ina Archer and Dr. David Bering-Porter. 

Set in 1953 at a psychiatric clinic in Blida, Algeria, and shot on location, the film follows Frantz Fanon (Alexandre Desane) as he is appointed head doctor. With filmmakers Abdenour Zahzah and François Pain in person.

This selection of films highlights the role of art in counteracting experiences of isolation and alienation for those struggling with mental illness inside and outside of psychiatric institutions. 

Acclaimed Mexican writer-filmmaker Manolo Caro's adaptation of the acclaimed debut novel by Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos follows a criminal who indulges his son's every whim. Followed by Q&A with director Manolo Caro and screenwriter Nicolás Giacobone.

Mireia Sallarès's multifaceted, experimental, and speculative portrait of Francesc Tosquelles, the politicized psychiatrist who worked with the precarious and unexpected, using film and the arts in his practice. With Sallarès and AFAM exhibition co-curator Joana Masó in person.