"Can" screenings at Viet Film Fest, UMass Lowell, and American Psychiatric Association meeting

[Pearl J. Park]

Can: What does it take to heal from mental illness?

"Can" (amongourkin.org) is a 65-minute documentary film (2012) that depicts a first-person account of 37-year-old Can Truong, a refugee who was among the millions of boat people who fled Vietnam, as he searches for healing and recovery from Bipolar Disorder. It is one of the first documentary films which highlights the experience of mental illness from an Asian-American perspective not only from the point of view of the patient, but also of his father and mother.

Sun., April 19, 2015; Anaheim, CA — As an official entry of the Viet Film Fest (VietFilmFest.com), "Can" will screen at 11AM, followed by a post-screening discussion with the filmmaker Pearl J. Park and the editor Xuan Vu, at the UltraLuxe Anaheim Cinemas, 321 West Katella Avenue, Anaheim CA 92802. Located at: The Anaheim GardenWalk. Directions to UltraLuxe: http://www.vietfilmfest.com/ultraluxe-anaheim-cinemas.html 

​Admission is $10; however, for a limited time only, you can reserve free tickets to the screening: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oz2NcEChrEXiqGhPU8Gv2kKf47p3kwbieYxrJOXTNsw/viewform 

Tues., May 5, 2015; Lowell, MA —  ​University of Massachusetts Lowell, 

Center for Asian American Studies will present "Can" as a part of its series commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the resettlement of Southeast Asian refugees in the U.S. Admission is free and open to the public. University of Massachusetts Lowell, 61 Wilder Street, O'Leary Library 222, Lowell, MA 01854-3049 at 6PM. Parking info is here: http://www.uml.edu/UCAPS/Parking-Information/Visitor-Parking.aspx#South For more information, please visit: http://www.uml.edu/Research/CAAS/News-Events/40-year-events.aspx

Sun., May 17, 2015; Toronto, ON — Canadian premiere of "Can" at the 168th American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting in the InterContinental - Lower Level, Ballroom A/B of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 2W6. Conducted by the renowned cultural psychiatrist Dr. Francis G. Lu, the media workshop of the APA Scientific Program will help psychiatrists 1) understand the two major cultural competence tools in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - V (DSM-V) 2) Construct a DSM-V Outline for Cultural Formulation 3) Recognize the stigma of mental illness in Asian Americans and 4) identify the value and importance of the consumer movement for hope and recovery. Filmmaker Pearl J. Park will field questions from the audience after the screening of the film. This workshop is only open to registered attendees of the APA Annual Meeting. If you are attending the meeting, please join us.

Event: 2136 - "Can" A Vietnamese-American's First-Person Account of Bipolar Disorder and the Path Toward Recovery: Applying the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-V Outline for Cultural Formulation 

Type: Media Workshops

Time: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location: Toronto Convention Centre, InterContinental - Lower Level, Ballroom A/B