The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Why We Rise campaign is excited to announce the Why We Rise “Changing Lives Through TV & Film” Series, a unique set of screenings and panel discussions that directly address mental health and wellbeing and have the potential to spark conversation, engage, and impact the Los Angeles community for the better.
Screenings are taking place on Friday evening, January 10th and Saturday, January 11th.
Friday evening will feature a special 10-year anniversary screening of “The Soloist” featuring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. in the powerful story about musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers, discovered living homeless on the streets of Los Angeles.
Saturday afternoon will present a double feature including the movie “Princess of The Row,” telling the story of one foster youth who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her father, a homeless veteran suffering from a traumatic brain injury who lives on Skid Row; and a special showing of two episodes of the new “One Day at a Time” featuring the lives of one East Los Angeles family.
Finally, on Saturday evening will host the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary “Bedlam,” a feature-length documentary that immerses us in the national crisis surrounding care of the seriously mentally ill through intimate stories of patients, families, and medical providers. The screening includes special guests former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy and the film’s director Ken Rosenberg in a discussion following the screening of this candid look at mental health care in Los Angeles.