The Program Committee of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis with “Cabinet” Magazine presents
40 YEARS OF ASYLUM A Film by Peter Robinson (1972),
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 6 – 8 pm – screening , 8 – 10 pm – The Legacy of R. D. Laing
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall,
The New School, 55 W 13 Street 2 Floor
A model of cinema verité, Asylum documents one of the most controversial projects in the history of psychiatry and psychotherapy. At its center is Archway, part of a community founded in London where therapists and patients sought new ways of working and living together.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion reflecting on Laing’s legacy in the era of wonder-drugs, and a glimpse into footage from his 1972 U.S. college campus tour.
Speakers:
Richard Ware Adams, cameraman/editor of Asylum
Roberta Russell, author, with R. D. Laing, of R. D. Laing and Me: Lessons in Love (1992)
Daniel Burston, Ph. D., Chair of Psychology Department, Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), author of The Wing of Madness: The Life and Work of R. D. Laing (1996) and The Crucible of Experience: R. D. Laing and the Crisis of Psychotherapy (2000).
Light fare will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
NPAP Program Committee: Jane Kupersmidt, Evan Malater, Victoria Malkin (NPAP Members-in-Training-Organization), Alan Roland, Catherine Silver, Stefanie Teitelbaum, and Aleksandra Wagner, Chair.