This document summarizes an online event hosted by Art with Impact about mental health and movies. It includes introductions of the host and panelists, descriptions of activities done during the event like breathing exercises, discussions of short films about mental health topics, and a question and answer session with the panelists at the end. Participants were invited to anonymously share their thoughts and reflections about the films and activities throughout.

1. @artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth
HOSTED BY:
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2. Paige Minett, (she/her)
● Based in Chicago, IL
● Mental Health Advocate
● STEM Educator
● Golf Enthusiast
● Tiktok: @locdgolfer
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3. ● Campus workshops
● Short film production grants
● Global community

4. ● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our minds
and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to
win $25!)
● Mingle / Q&A
#Movies4MentalHealth

5. ● Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on
your own experience
● This is a public, shared space
● Some photos will be taken during the panel - please
let us know if you are not comfortable with that
● Please take care of yourself and others
however you need, including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth

6. In Just a Few Words...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Spending time with dog
● Eating healthier
● Good sleep
● Duration and frequency
● Doing less than things during the dau
● Binge watching
● Drinking water
● Therapy then massage
● Quitting toxic job
● Ratchet artist

7. MENTAL HEALTH

8. Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

9. Some movies and TV shows that
show mental illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
●You
Euphoria
Silver linings playbook
Shameless
Eternal Sunshine
Her

10. #Movies4MentalHealth
Characters with mental illness are
portrayed as…
● Manipulative
Disturbed
Out of control
Dangerous
Burden

11. MH Across Cultures
Across different cultures and languages, people talk about
and explore mental health in multiple ways.
In just a few words, please share:
How have you experienced the concept of "mental
health" within your own cultural communities?
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12. What is Stigma?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
● Always negative
● Always untrue
● Can be internalized

13. The Blind Stigma
By Stacy-Ann Buchanan
AWI Winner, May 2015
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, anxiety, eating
disorders, cultural stigma

14. IN PAIRS...
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth

15. SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● All characters shared a very true
experience
● Learning about mental health from a non
parent perspective
● Similar experience different cultures
● Overlapping responses to mental health
through generations

16. How does stigma feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Overwhelming
● Shame
● Isolating
● Fear
● Invalidating
● Confusion

17. What makes it difficult to reach out
for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Access
● Length of time/cost
● Self-doubt
● Pride
● Fear
● Lack of representation

18. Breathing
Exercise

19. Self Reflection
How was this breathing
exercise for you?
#Movies4MentalHealth

20. The Beautiful Black Man
By Calvin Walker
AWI Winner, August 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
intergenerational trauma, cultural and
structural racism, self-harm, images of slavery

21. #Movies4MentalHealth
IN PAIRS...
What did you think?
How did you feel?

22. #Movies4MentalHealth
SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● Psychological pain made physical
● Felt sad
● Sad and heartbroken
● Beauty not realized
● Empathetic and Angry
● A lot caused by generational trauma
● Hopeless
● Seemed “normal”
● Self denial

23. Let’s go deeper…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Sink/tarp
● Soil, “nature within us”
● “If they don’t respect me”
● Imagery of who I am cannot exist
● Authenticity unacceptable

24. What are some practices that support
your wellness?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Balance/Boundaries
● DND
● Not to judge but to advise
● Practicing gratitude
● Watching language
● Being present

25. Body Scan

26. Self Reflection
How was this
body scan for you?
#Movies4MentalHealth

27. On the Surface
By Fan Sissoko
Voices With Impact 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
mention of race- and gender-based medical discrimination

28. #Movies4MentalHealth
Self Reflection
Where did you experience this
in your body?

29. #Movies4MentalHealth
What are your impressions?
● Nurses/doctor awareness of pain
● “Strong black women” being able to to
carry “weight”
● Language inside of you

30. #Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support ourselves
and others?
● Listen
● Empathize
● Become more knowledgeable
● Find safe support people
● Self reflection
● Self love
● Self check in
● Slowing done
● Self validation
● Being honest(actually) with yourself
● Communicate
● Medicate(positive)
● Accept yourself and others
● Stepping out of our box
● Its a long haul
● Humility

31. Round of applause for our panel!
#Movies4MentalHealth

32. Reem Abumeri (she/her)
Art With Impact Student Advisory Board Member
Tabatha Stewart, Psy.D. (she/her)
Coordinator of Psychological Services - Clovis Community
College of SCCCD
Victoria H. Williams, Ph.D. (she/her)
Clinical Director, Dir. of Clinical Training, Assistant Professor
- California School of Professional Psychology @ Alliant
International University, Fresno

33. #Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add
your information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.
@artwithimpact | info@artwithimpact.org
bit.ly/m4mh-ccc-eval

34. #Movies4MentalHealth
Ask a question or share a thought!

35. #Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add
your information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.
@artwithimpact | info@artwithimpact.org
bit.ly/m4mh-ccc-eval
Prize Draw!