Penyakit jiwa atau keinginan bunuh diri tak hanya menghampiri seseorang dikarenakan alasan medis. Bisa saja, orang itu mengalami pelanggaran hak asasi hingga menderita sakit jiwa. Parahnya lagi, begitu jatuh sakit, hak asasi mereka bisa kembali dilanggar, misalnya dengan cara pemasungan. – See more at: http://www.australiaplus.com/indonesian/2014-09-30/erminia-colucci-meneliti-pasung-di-jawa-barat/1373513#sthash.AFLSst3u.dpuf
On July 8, a day before Indonesia held its presidential election, the parliament passed the bill on mental health into law. The election coverage drowned the news of the new law, but not its significance.
Thousands of people in Indonesia are subjected to shackling by families who lack knowledge and resources in caring for people with mental disorders. The new law aims to stop this.
The legislation spells out a more comprehensive approach to mental health treatment and creates a legal obligation for the government to protect people with mental disorders.
Continue reading this interesting article about new developments in Indonesia in The Conversation
Also, the sound-mix is almost completed and Breaking the chains will be completed and ready for distribution in max 2 weeks, stay tuned!
Just returned from Germany for the (last) preview screening of Breaking the Chains. The film was part of a very interesting session on ‘Psychological problems’ together with Christian Shur’s engaging “Descending with angels”. In the meantime, Breaking the chains is being sound-mixed and getting ready for its official release in July!
Read about the upcoming project on violence against women in Sri Lanka (and possibly Philippines) at https://movie-ment.org/violence-against-women-an-ethnographic-documentary-starting-soon/
For more info or to provide support please contact Dr Erminia Colucci
PREVIEW SCREENING OF ‘BREAKING THE CHAINS’ IN USA
‘Breaking the chains’ will be previewed as part of the AAS Film Expo 2014: Expanding Asia, Connecting Culture that will take place March 27 – 29, 2014 at The Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA.
All screenings are free and open to the public.
This program is supported by the Asian Educational Media Service, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois and the Association for Asian Studies.
Q & A with the director (Erminia Colucci) via Skype (at 12.35 am on a friday night, that’s be passionate about what you do!)
For more info visit AEMS
Finding Our Way, a new DVD of ten short films, has been launched revealing a rare insight into people’s experience of mental illness in migrant and refugee communities.
The stories are the result of a unique joint digital story telling project between Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA) and the Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI). The project involved a four-day project in which volunteer participants from different parts of Australia learnt how to create digital stories and share the experiences that have helped them to cope with their problems, such as music, poetry and family support.
As far as we know, nothing like this has been undertaken before in Australia. Hearing directly from people from diverse backgrounds is important for everyone in the community, including people with a lived experience of mental health issues, and invaluable for those working in the health sector.
A selection of the stories are now part of the ACMI collection at Federation Square in Melbourne and are now available on the MHiMA website.
For more information about the project contact the projects coordinator Erminia Colucci or Sue McDonough.
Review of the preview version of “Breaking the chains” in Human Rights in Australia
Review of the preview version of “Breaking the chains” by Maya Borom for RIGHT NOW. Human Rights in Australia
Accademia Apulia has written an article about Breaking the Chains! The Accademia is a non-profit network of professionals based in London willing to share aspirations, inspirations and experiences for the good of our members. Our objective is to offer a creative platform and a network of support for anyone wishing to further their goals in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Click the image below to read the article.
Breaking the chains has been making the rounds in the Italian press. Click the image below to read about Breaking the Chains in ‘Free from Pasung’
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