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posted by Sasha Mann in on Apr 25, 2013 - View profile

Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Premiere

A documentry about radical mental health


3:30pm
- 7:00pm
Saturday May 11 2013

Venue: Carnegie Community Centre
Address: 401 Main St
Cost: Free
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible. Please email theinmatesarerunningtheasylum@gmail.com for more accessibility questions.

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Come out for the first public screening of The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, a documentary about the Mental Patients Association: Vancouver's most radical and successful mental health group. 
 
MPA was founded in 1971 as a reaction to the dehumanizing experience many faced when they came out of psychiatric institutions. 
 
Unabashedly political, MPA was an advocacy and protest organization as well as a support group. They reclaimed the words used as slurs against them. MPA's "mad pride" philosophy was unfathomable to the psychiatric mainstream. But their approach worked. 
 
Forty two years later, MPA's story is being told. The film consists of interviews, animation and original music.
 
There will be two back-to-back screenings, both free. 
 
The first screening is at 4:00 pm, with a panel discussion after. The second screening is at 6:00.
 
Hope to see you there!

Organizer:theinmatesarerunningtheasylum@gmail.com

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