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Required Readings: Stoler (2002)
Handout: Syllabus
FILM: Excerpt from 9/11 (DVD10005)
Directed by Jules Naudet, Gideon Naudet, and James Hanlon. Hosted by Robert De Niro. Aired on CBS 3/10/02 and 9/11/02. 55 mins.
Summary: 9/11 is a documentary film about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in New York, in which two planes crashed into the two buildings of the World Trade Center. The film was directed by Jules Naudet, Gideon Naudet, and James Hanlon. The Naudet brothers were originally filming a rookie on the New York City Fire Department with the intention of making a film about the rookie's experience. Called out on a gas leak, one of the brothers goes to check it out when a plane flies by overhead; the cameraman turns to follow the plane and records the only known footage of the first plane hitting the towers. Later, he goes with the fire department into the lobby of Tower 1 as they begin trying to organize a rescue of the people still in the building, and is inside Tower 1 when Tower 2 collapses. The film gives various firemen's accounts of the events of the remainder of the day, from the initial crash to the building's collapse to the attempts to rescue survivors from the rubble. [From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_(movie)]
WARNING: Includes mild scenes of physical injury, scenes of planes crashing into towers and people's reactions, verbal descriptions of people jumping to their death
Required Readings: Herman Intro, Ch 1
FILM: Excerpt from Calling the Ghosts (DVD8456)
Bowery Productions in association with Julia Ormond and Indican Productions ; a film by Mandy Jacobson ; written and directed by Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic ; produced by Mandy Jacobson. Published New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies, c1996. 60 mins.
Summary: Two women survivors of Omarska Detention Camp describe the camp and the situation in Bosnia and Herzagovnia. Their release and recovery process are also described. [from Mirlyn]
WARNING: Includes detailed verbal descriptions of rape, torture, genocide, people being burned alive. Brief images of corpse, photographs of torture victims.
Required Readings: Herman Chs. 2, 3
FILM: Excerpts from Dialogues with Madwomen (DVD8487)
A film by Allie Light. Produced by Bridgit Folman Film Gang. Published New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1993. (90 mins).
Summary: Interviews with seven women who have experienced multiple personality, manic depression, schizophrenia and euphoria. Enriched with dramatic renactments and visualizations of each women’s history. [from Melvyl]
WARNING: Includes brief verbal description of child abuse and cutting beharior; images of women cutting themselves; brief nudity.
Required Readings: DSM excerpts
PG&E Planned Outage
Required Readings: Herman Ch. 5, 6 [originally scheduled for 10/17]
FILM: Excerpt from Band of Brothers (DVD 1444)
Episode 6: Bastogne. Chapters 5 and 6.
Presented by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Directed by David Frankel and others. Produced by HBO. Theatrical release: January 1, 2001. DVD/VHS release: November 5, 2002. (999 mins).
Summary: Band of Brothers is a 10-part HBO special based on the book of the same name by historian Stephen Ambrose. It follows the men of Easy Company (Company E) of the 101st Airborne Division. This a division of paratroupers who parachuted behind enemy lines on D-Day. In this excerpt, the featured character is Eugene, a medic. He experiences signs of dissociation during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
WARNING: Includes vivid scenes of combat, including severe injury and death.
Required Readings: Herman Ch. 4; Oldham (2003)
FILM: Excerpts from Bourne Identity (instructor copy), American Sniper (youtube), Born on the Fourth of July (DVD 6612)
Bourne Identity: midway through Ch 8
American Sniper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ybm9fsTqI
Born on the Fourth: Vietnam (approx 29:00-34:00) and parade scene (approx 1:08-1:14)
WARNING: Born on the 4th of July includes vivid scenes of combat, including severe injury and death.
Required Readings: White (2015)
FILM: Brief videos from Jim Hopper website
https://www.jimhopper.com/brief-videos/
Required Reading: Schooler (1999/1994); Enns (2004)
Required Reading: Kaehler et al. (2013); Herman Epilogue Part I
Required Readings: Nemeroff (2016)
Activity: MIDTERM EXAMINATION [covers material through 10/24/19]
FILM: Truth, Lies, and Sex Offenders (DVD11262)
A production of Eastern Kentucky University Television ; produced through the cooperation of the Alabama Department of Corrections ; [produced and narrated by Anna C. Salter]. Thousand Oaks, CA : Distributed by Sage Publications, c1996. (32 mins).
Summary: Presents a detailed understanding of offenders in their own words. Five convicted, incarcerated sex offenders convincingly show how, through denial, blatant lying, and the doing of apparently good works, they are able to cover up their double lives and convince many of us that a society is safer than it actually is. [From Melvyl].
WARNING: Includes descriptions of rape and sexual abuse.
Required Reading: Beech, Ward, & Fisher (2006)
FILMS: None
GUEST SPEAKER: Sarah Harsey on DARVO
Required Readings: Meehan (2010), Dokoupil (2012)
FILM: Scared Silent (DVD11267)
Producer: Brenda Reiswerg. Written by Melissa Jo Peltier & Arnold Shapiro. Directed by Melissa Jo Peltier. An Arnold Shapiro Production in association with USAA Published Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by AIMS Media, c1995. (21 mins)
Summary: Oprah Winfrey introduces parents who crossed the line between discipline and child abuse. A woman, who killed her son, traces her family abuse back five generations to the Civil War. One former abuser now devotes his life to helping other abusers and their victims. Another entered a counseling program for parents to help her find effective ways to handle her problems.
WARNING: Graphic verbal descriptions of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse of children.
Required Readings: Lisak & Beszterczey (2007)
GUEST SPEAKER: Gitta Ryle
Required Readings: Herman Chs. 7-9
Required Readings: Herman Ch 10, 11, Epilogue Part II
Required Audio: This American Life "Ten Sessions" episode
Required Readings: Tullis (2013), Malkin (2010)
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Film: Excerpt from Long Night's Journey into Day (DVD8389)
Narrated by Helen Mirren. Directed by Frances Reid & Deborah Hoffmann c2000. (95 mins).
Summary: For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced apartheid's rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. As it investigated the crimes of apartheid, the Commission brought together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. By revealing the past instead of burying it, the TRC hoped to pave the way to a peaceful future [From Cruzcat].
WARNING: Descriptions of racially motivated bombings and murders. Photographs of victims.
Required Readings: Staub (2006)
Required Readings: None