Film as therapy
Hello all and welcome to the first post!
My son, Jordan, (age 16, severe learning difficulties and autism) has been watching 'Little Miss Sunshine' obsessively. Was it the drug-taking or the seriously weird spectacle of the beauty pageant? No, it was Duane the grandson having a serious tantrum at the side of the road upon learning that he is colour-blind. Jordan didn't get it about colour-blindness but he did understand that Duane's grandfather died. Jordan didn't get it when his own grandfather died five years ago but when the grief hit him a month ago, resulting in some very challenging behaviour (imagine Duane's outburst but in Peckham, in public, every day for three weeks), we were hard-pressed to give him an appropriate context for his emotions.
What a relief, then, for the boy to find comfort in something that is not Disney!
Anyone else out there with their own films that they watch for therapeutic purposes?
Let me know...
My son, Jordan, (age 16, severe learning difficulties and autism) has been watching 'Little Miss Sunshine' obsessively. Was it the drug-taking or the seriously weird spectacle of the beauty pageant? No, it was Duane the grandson having a serious tantrum at the side of the road upon learning that he is colour-blind. Jordan didn't get it about colour-blindness but he did understand that Duane's grandfather died. Jordan didn't get it when his own grandfather died five years ago but when the grief hit him a month ago, resulting in some very challenging behaviour (imagine Duane's outburst but in Peckham, in public, every day for three weeks), we were hard-pressed to give him an appropriate context for his emotions.
What a relief, then, for the boy to find comfort in something that is not Disney!
Anyone else out there with their own films that they watch for therapeutic purposes?
Let me know...
Comments
What sort of stuff do you write?
So far, I've written three shorts, a sci-fi novel and a horror feature (edited by the esteemed Lucy Vee).
I guess if there was a uniting factor, it would be that I write strong female characters.
And your good self?
Peckham was my old stamping ground.
Good luck with FP
Peckham for the peckish!