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A film by Roger Copeland

Posted By: September 16, 2006
Date: Tuesday, 12 September 2006, at 4:29 p.m.

THE PHILOCTETES CENTER FOR THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF IMAGINATION
at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute

invites you to a Film Screening and Discussion
Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 2:00pm
at
The Philoctetes Center
247 East 82nd Street (3rd Floor)

The Unrecovered
A film by Roger Copeland

THE UNRECOVERED, written and directed by Roger Copeland, is the first feature-length, fictional narrative film to deal directly with the psychological aftermath of 9/11. The film's title refers not only to the un-recovered bodies at ground zero, but also to the state of the nation at large. Set in the hallucinatory period of time between September 11 and Halloween of 2001, THE UNRECOVERED examines the effect of terror on the average mind, the way a state of heightened anxiety and/or alertness can cause the average person to make the sort of imaginative connections that are normally made only by artists and conspiracy theorists-both of whom figure prominently in this film. THE UNRECOVERED explores the way in which irony, empathy, and paranoia relate to one another in the wake of 9/11.

For the Vanity Fair article on Mr. Copeland's film, please go to the following link: Vanity Fair: PRINTABLES

There will be a discussion following the screening with the Director and Dr. Spencer Eth.

Roger Copeland is Professor of Theater and Dance at Oberlin College. He is a widely published critic of theater, film, and dance. His film "Camera Obscura" won the Festival Award at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh in 1985. In 1989, "Recorder," a video adaptation of his theater piece, "The Private Sector," was screened on WNET's Independent Focus series in New York City.

Spencer Eth, M.D., is Professor and Vice-Chairman in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New York Medical College. He serves as the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, whose Manhattan campus was the closest trauma hospital to Ground Zero. For the last 20 years, Dr. Eth has studied and treated children, Vietnam veterans, and others struggling with issues of trauma and grief.
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The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited on a first-come basis.

The mission of the Philoctetes Center is to foster the study of imagination -- funding research, organizing roundtable discussions, offering courses and programs open to the public. The Center publishes a newsletter, Dialog, and is developing a web-based clearing house on work related to imagination. In addition, the Center will publish its journal, Philoctetes, in the coming months. Visit www.philoctetes.org for more information. You may call at 646-422-0645 or email info@philoctetes.org.