The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Finger Lakes will host a community discussion on mental illness and suicide on Sunday, December 7 at 2 pm at The Space @ GreenStar (700 West Buffalo). Kathy Leichter will introduce her award-winning documentary film “Here One Day,” which tells the story of Kathy’s mother Nina. Nina lived with bipolar disorder for most of Kathy’s childhood. After Nina ended her life in 1995, Kathy found a collection of audio recordings Nina had stored in a closet. The tapes are the foundation of “Here One Day,” Kathy’s tribute to her mother. “Here One Day” has been selected for inclusion in regional, national, and international film festivals. Recently the film was named Best Feature Length Documentary and received the Jury Prize at the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. For more information about the film, please go to: hereoneday. Following the film Kathy will be joined by Henry Gerson, M.D., medical director of the Cayuga Medical Center Behavioral Services Unit, and Lee-Ellen Marvin, director of Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services in a discussion of mental illness and suicide. Admission is free and we’ll have light refreshments. NAMI Finger Lakes thanks the Tompkins Today and Tomorrow Fund of the Community Foundation for providing a grant to support this important event
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:28:22 +0000
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