Screening "Under His Wings" at The San Francisco Zoo

This coming Friday, December 10th, one of our films, "Under His Wings," will screen at The Great Hall in The San Francisco Zoo as part of a mental health workshop entitled "Through Strengths and Not Our Weaknesses." To my knowledge, however, none of the attendants at the workshop walk with four legs. It is intended for consumers of mental health, their families, physicians, nurses, and mental health practitioners.

This workshop, organized by San Francisco's Community Behavioral Health Services, is designed to promote a greater understanding of recovery from mental illness. Recovery is not a "one size fits all" model but requires ongoing support of family, friends, consumer-focused treatment, and developing self-empowerment and responsibility (as its brochure suggests). The values promoted by this workshop are also echoed by the film and embodied in the life of Rochelle--the subject of this film.

Thanks to Norman Aleman, organizer of this event, for inviting me and Rochelle to this event. Rochelle plans to bring her entire family to the zoo!