Event overview
This film is about Josue, a man finding purpose for his life in Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) after years of self-destruction.
Supported by the Unit of Global Justice Department of Sociology.
“Life and death of the State”
Latin American documentary films series, presents:
DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE
Dir. Mark Aitken (2014, UK, 72 minutes)
Infested with gangrene and unable to walk, he [Josue] became mentally disturbed and was left in a mental asylum run by its own patients. Six years later, Josue manages the asylum, negotiating mental ill- ness with compassion in a land beyond the reach of the state and the market.
Dates & times
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18 Mar 2015 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
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