They showed "cannery Street" last night, which started on Monday 25 years ago.
At that time, Eric Martin Hall was still in the mental hospital of the Royal Jubilee Memorial Square.
Bruce Sanders came up with the idea of showing a movie there, and as a patient he found a 100-
Seating auditorium with video projector.
A 25 century later, Sanders is still in the film, the driving force behind the Victoria agency.
It's hard to get a movie on Monday. hole.
On the one hand, this is a community art project.
On the other hand, this is a way to break the barrier.
Basically, Sanders chose a movie, invited the public to watch it, and then often discussed what they had just seen.
"It's like inviting people to share movies and talk about them in my living room," he said . ".
Some people in the audience suffer from mental illness and some do not.
Most of the time, everyone is just watching movies and having exciting conversations there.
"This eased the line between the mentally ill and the rest of the population," he said . ".
It's a pride that regulars trust Sanders to plan content.
He admitted that he was a little territorial in the process.
When you drive the bus for 25 years, you can choose the route.
"I'm not very interested in shooting --em-
Or fantasy, "he said.
"A lot of the movies we show are about people who are challenged in life.
"Not just a bunch of watches --this-because-it’s-good-for-
But you watch movies.
It's also not a series of movies about people with mental illness.
They screened hot movies with the theme of mental health.
A nest flying over the cuckoo, Benny and Joon, Shine, the girl interrupted --
But in any week, you might see me, Tony, or a documentary that's hard to find an audience.
Sometimes the show is just for fun-
Paddington film is the most popular movie recently.
Last week, when Sanders was 68, the whole jazz was 1979. At 6:30 p. m. this Saturday (
An occasional nonMonday events)
You can see a documentary about the Syrian refugee family, "the Syrian sorland", released in Picton, Ontario.
This is a very nice, very white rural town, about 4,702 people, known for its clean air and fine wine, but not for its falafel. ” (
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There's usually a value-added element.
On 1994, he invited psychiatrist Dean Brooks, who allowed director Milos Forman to shoot a bird flying over the cuckoo nest at Oregon State Hospital.
Stewart Stern, who wrote the script for Sybil, also appeared and made a passionate comment.
Ten years ago, on the occasion of the 15 th anniversary of the film Monday, David S, director of Kanali Street.
Ward called from Santa Monica to answer the audience's questions (
Really, why did Raquel Welch get dumped for Debra Winger? )
The project costs about $35,000 a year.
The Canadian Parliament grant and several sponsors have helped with this.
Health agencies on the island donate money to the theater, which usually ends with two people. thirds full.
Viewers pay by donating money.
You don't have to pay if you don't have the money.
It was one of the lessons Sanders learned from Eric Martin's experience, where he landed after a suicide attempt.
Not everyone has enough money to go to the movies.
For those of you who think of mental illness from the "bloody news", the story of Sarnes himself is a lesson. He is two poles.
38 years after running his own gardening business, he has just retired.
He has a family, a family full of love.
By late Monday afternoon, he was preparing icing for a movie Monday's anniversary cake, while his 44-year-old wife provided popcorn for the franchise (at $1.
25 small bags with butter, the best deal in town).
He is living to prove that people like him can live well, in fact, for 25 years, every night can rely on him to organize activities like film Monday.
It was not his intention when he started.
At the time, the idea was just to give the patient something other than the bad daytime TV and police show that was broadcast on TV in the ward.
When the attendance did not take off, he began to look for more viewers in the city's hotelsin centres.
Then he opened the door to all.
Bruce Wallace is an assistant professor at the UVic School of Social Work and a member of the film Monday team for 20 years, which helps to blur the walls between the psychiatric hospital and the rest of the city, inside and outside.
There is still a long way to go, but they are also far away.
"This is one of these --
Sanders said Monday: "News reports about people with mental illness add to the cake.