Searching the Psyche through Cinema

Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library

 

Our annual film series, “Searching the Psyche Through Cinema,” offers probing films followed by discussions featuring cinema and psychoanalytic experts for an examination of how celluloid gets under our skin and into our psyche. All screenings are free, and a certificate of attendance can be obtained free of charge for those needing CEUs. You are also invited you to a reception following the discussions.

 

The 2020 series offers four films featuring films inspired by the written word.

 

Presented in partnership with the Greater Kansas City and Topeka Psychoanalytic Center and the Kansas City Public Library

Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

 

January 12, 2020 —Wild (2014, Rated R, 115 minutes)

January 26, 2020 —  The Outsiders  (1983, Rated PG, 91 minutes)

February 9, 2020 — Disobedience (2017, Rated R, 114 minutes)

February 23, 2020 — Boy Erased (2018, Rated R, 115 minutes)

 

A certificate of attendance can be obtained free of charge for those needing CEUs.

  

January 12, 2020 — Wild

Chronicles one woman's one-thousand, one-hundred mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.  Discussants: Psychoanalytic Candidate Lori Hoodenpyle, JD, film critic Beck Ireland, and KCPL Director of Reader's Services Kaite Stover.

This title is Rated R and is recommended for adult audiences only.

 

January 26, 2020 — The Outsiders 

Tells the story of the ongoing conflict between the Greasers and the Socs in rural Oklahoma. Discussants: Psychoanalyst Manuel Morales, MD, and film critic Abby Olcese.

  

February 9, 2020  Disobedience

Is the story of a woman returning to her Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for her attraction to a female childhood friend.

Discussants: Psychoanalytic Candidate Reed Maxwell, PhD, film critic Lonita Cook, and KCPL Director of Reader's Services Kaite Stover.

This title is Rated R and is recommended for adult audiences only.

 

February 23, 2020  Boy Erased

Tells the story of the son of a Baptist preacher forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.  Discussants: Psychoanalyst David Donovan, PhD, film critic Trey Hock, and KCPL Director of Reader's Services Kaite Stover.

This title is Rated R and is recommended for adult audiences only.

 

 


About the Center

The Greater Kansas City and Topeka Psychoanalytic Center is a nonprofit organization which provides a forum for discussion of theoretical, cultural, and clinical ideas regarding psychoanalysis, as well as networking opportunities for professionals, through community forums, professional workshops and annual film series. Membership is open to any person with a serious interest in psychoanalysis. The Center is the parent organization of the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute, which provides post graduate training in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. More information about the Greater Kansas City and Topeka Psychoanalytic Center is available at www.gkcpsa.org.