January 24 screening to be followed by a panel discussion with members of Cornell Minds Matter and Compos Mentis
"Canvas is a serious film about mental illness and a sentimental heartwarmer, and succeeds in both ways. It tells the story of a 10-year-old whose mother is schizophrenic, and whose father is loyal and loving but stretched almost beyond his endurance.The portrayal of schizophrenia in the film has been praised by mental health experts as unusually accurate and sympathetic; the story of the boy and his dad is a portrait of love under enormous stress.Writer-director Joseph Greco says the film, his first feature, was influenced by his own childhood with a schizophrenic mother.... The film's ending may be more upbeat than the characters could hope for in real life, but it doesn't cave in to neat solutions." (Roger Ebert) Cosponsored with Compos Mentis and Cornell Minds Matter. more at canvasthefilm.com 35mm
2007, color, 1 hour 41 minutes, USA