This document summarizes a virtual event about movies and mental health. It introduces the host and gives instructions for participants to engage through chat, polls, and sharing how they are feeling. Short films are shown that depict experiences of mental illness, and participants discuss themes of stigma, help-seeking behaviors, and self-care practices. A breathing exercise and body scan are conducted. Upcoming events are announced and participants are thanked for attending.

1. Welcome, everyone!
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2. @artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth
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3. Francesca or Cessa, (she/her)
● Actor, intimacy director,
facilitator
● Bicoastal (NY/DC, Seattle)
● Also works at an anti-racist
trauma informed focused arts
ed org, and trains artists on
consent practice
● Loves nature, spending time
with community, and being
barefoot

4. POLL: Who’s here today?
A
Student at SUNY
Broome
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Faculty/staff at
SUNY Broome
Somebody else

5. POLL: Where in the world are you?
New York
A
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Another state
Another country

6. ● Campus workshops
● Monthly short film competition
● Short film production grants
● Global community

7. #Movies4MentalHealth
● 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

8. ● Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on
your own experience
● We are online - this is a public, shared space
● We are recording this session for internal training
and evaluation purposes
● Please take care of yourself and others
however you need, including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth

9. Need Support?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2
#Movies4MentalHealth

10. 3 Ways to Engage
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the Public Chat
to connect with the whole group
#1
#Movies4MentalHealth

11. POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
#Movies4MentalHealth
3 Ways to Engage
We welcome your participation!

12. If you need tech support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
#Movies4MentalHealth

13. #Movies4MentalHealth
In Just a Few Words...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
● Eating healthy and getting enough sleep.
● Making my needs a priority. Yoga
● going to bed on time! making it a priority
● I love music, sleep, snuggling with my cat, and napping.
● Yoga and spending time with my close friends :)
● Taking time to myself to allow myself to have feelings and just focusing on me... getting sleep and
drinking water
● Watching tik tok videos and eating cake
● exercising and journaling!
● Recently, self care for me has been taking walks on campus and listening to music. If the weather is
bad I try to focus on making my chores fun
● somewhat maintain a sleep schedule and listening to music
● Journaling, complimenting myself, taking a shower, or meditation and eating
● letting some chores go and giving myself space and time for my leg injury to heal
● Taking a couple hurs of the day for myself to listen to music and podcasts, going for walks, naps,
tiktok videos, shopping

14. MENTAL HEALTH

15. Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

16. Some movies and
TV shows that show mental
illness…
● Sybil
● breaking bad
● 13 reasons why
● You
● Reservation Dogs (just finished season 2!)
● Beautiful Mind
● Shameless
● Dear evan hansen
● Legacies on Netflix
● greys anatomy
#Movies4MentalHealth

17. Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
● having delusions
● vulnerable
● Unstable
● Flawed but not villanized if that makes sense
● Crazy, Emotional, Passionate, Eccentric, Wild
● That reminds me of Piglet!
● “Unstable” or “crazy”
● depression
#Movies4MentalHealth

18. 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?
● do not talk about it
● pick yourself up by the bootstraps mentality
● "stable" "strong" "competent"
● Growing up it's been women and girls are crazy and over emotional and unstable
and must have boys and men to "straighten them out"
● don't acknowledge
● My family is very open with getting/needing help
● repress
● My parents are from the West Indies and they feel like “it doesn’t exist” or “its not
real”
● work community- mental health is a thing, but not valued in the greater picture of
academia
● I couldn’t really open up to my family, but my new friends are really open about
talking about our issues and working through them
● Mental health issue= too sensitive

19. What is Stigma?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
● Always negative
● Always untrue
● Can be internalized

20. be•long
By Sideah Alladice
Voices With Impact 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP:
Substance use, racism, mention of a suicide attempt with pills

21. #Movies4MentalHealth
Take a breath…
Did you know?
Your school has counseling services! Learn more
by visiting bit.ly/suny-counseling or
scanning the QR code below

22. A Hopeful
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious
How are you feeling after
watching this film?

23. How does stigma feel?
● Confusing
● Gross
● hurt
● Scary or frustrating
● Like you are doing something wrong, by just being you
● Stigma feels lonely/shameful
● the sense of feeling like you don't belong or just not allowed to feel the
way you do
● pain
● You feel unheard and unseen
● Dehumanizing
● scary
#Movies4MentalHealth

24. What makes it difficult to reach
out for help?
● judgement for feelings
● feeling judged, laughed at, not taken seriously
● fear
● Constantly being put down makes it hard to keep asking
● burden
● Finding a counselor that you connect with
● lack of services in community
● Vulnerability, getting help involves a lot of courage
● Not being understood
● not knowing where to start
● fear of never truly being understood
● Lack of family support
#Movies4MentalHealth

25. Breathing
Exercise

26. #Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating or
refreshing
Meh
Stressful or uncomfortable
New
How was this breathing exercise
for you?

27. Parallel
By Naomi B. Smith
AWI Winner, December 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
depictions of depression

28. #Movies4MentalHealth
Take a breath…
Did you know?
Your school has counseling services! Learn more
by visiting bit.ly/suny-counseling or
scanning the QR code below

29. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● Resonates
● Dark and scary
● Relatable ....
● Talked about the daily life of dealing/struggling with depression.
● It was hard to watch but I thought the film was very powerful. "Live as if you'll die today"
that line resonated with me
● My favorite part was when they both had racing thoughts while in tbe bathroom and it’s a
very accurate experience. You have so many thoughts just going in and out at once.
● For me.. it was the actions that spoke louder than words.. and the constant thoughts in
your mind
● Felt heavy and exhausting just to get out of bed
● understand the feeling of not wanting ro get out of bed. Feeling like you have to put on a
mask everyday
● I think the bathroom, it’s the most intimate part with yourself when you take a shower or
have to look at yourself in the mirror
● The simplicity of it.. the scene of the ceiling fan is oddly relatable
● The courage to walk out the door to start another day
● She was naked and exposed

30. Let’s go deeper…
#Movies4MentalHealth

31. What are some practices that
help support
your wellness?
● Therapy
● Journaling
● The bathroom scene was hard to watch, my mental health was really bad in April
and I stopped taking care of myself completely.
● Running
● Sitting in the sun, going to the gym, journaling, watching sermons, reading
● allowing yourself to have emotions without judgement.. attempting to replace
negative thoughts with positive
● Listening to music
● Mindful meditation
● Coffee by myself in the morning before the kids get up!
● Sleep
● Blocking hurtful people
● Yoga
● Abstinence from drinking or toxic relationships
● Watching uplifting videos.
#Movies4MentalHealth

32. Body Scan

33. #Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating or
refreshing
Meh
Stressful or uncomfortable
New
How was this body scan for you?

34. Continue to Live
By Paolo Riveros
Voices With Impact 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
bullying

35. #Movies4MentalHealth
Take a breath…
Did you know?
Your school has counseling services! Learn more
by visiting bit.ly/suny-counseling or
scanning the QR code below

36. Where did you experience
this in your body?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere else
I didn’t feel it in my body
Belly

37. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● I felt happy for him. I expected to see more of his struggle.
● I loved when he said you have the right and this is your story.
● Music really is a source of healing
● I felt like he redefined himself and not let what others said define him.
● also enjoy watching him practice his religion. It felt intimate and vulnerable.
I thought my own insecurities and how I've overcome them

38. #Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support ourselves
and others?
● Mindfullness, kindness, respect
● Get to know someone as an individual
● accepting who you are and how you feel
● realizing that everyone has s tory they are living out- sometimes it is not obvious
what they are struggling with- be kind
● be kind
● I've been vulnerable with my own mental health journey hoping to encourage my
own circle

39. Round of applause for our panel!
#Movies4MentalHealth

40. Click the link in chat to learn more!
Exclusive community events and spaces
Arts-based discussion trainings
Interview and discussion opportunities
Weekly art + wellness prompts

41. Jazavia Ridley (she/her)
Student from SUNY Broome
Mariah Hogg (she/her)
Student from SUNY Broome
Melissa Martin (she/her)
Counselor, Counseling Services, SUNY Broome
Jennifer Martin(she/her)
Team Lead/Primary Clinician – OnTrack NY, Greater
Binghamton Health Center

42. #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

43. You can raise your hand (see image below) to be given
instructions to audio in, use the public chat box, or
send a private message to AWI Support / a panelist.
#Movies4MentalHealth
Ask a question or share a thought!

44. #Movies4MentalHealth
Upcoming October AWI Events:
All virtual, all free!
● Today! Oct 6 @ 3p ET - Live Premiere of our newest OLIVE Film
winner “Queer Fear” and Q&A with the filmmaker!
● Tuesday, Oct 11: IG Live “My Mental Health Story: Halloween Culture
and Mental Wellness”
● Thursday, Oct 20: Sanctuary Space: “Horror Movies: Exploring Mental
Health, Monsters and Stigma”
● Wednesday, Oct 26: Sanctuary Space: “Diversity in Horror Movies”
Check out these and future events by following the
link in the chat!

45. #Movies4MentalHealth
Stay in touch!
Follow the links in the Public Chat to:
● Sign up for Continued Connections
● Submit a film about mental health to our monthly competition
● Volunteer to share at a “My Mental Health Story” event
@artwithimpact info@artwithimpact.org
...and don’t forget to copy/paste the
resources in the Shared Notes!