VSA Ohio presents ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus at the Gateway Film Center with FREE screenings of “Nise: the Heart of Madness” by director Roberto Berliner of Brazil. — An indomitable psychiatrist refuses to employ electroshock therapy, initiating an art therapy revolution and confronting Brazil’s mental health establishment. Based on a true story.

10:30am – Matinee film screening

6:00pm – PopUp Art Gallery by Fresh A.I.R. artists and social hour in the lobby

7:00pm – Film screening

No reservations necessary but accepted via Gateway Film Center.

In conjunction with this film we will also offer FREE community outreach at Flux+Flow in Clintonville:

1.) Meditation workshop series: (3) Saturdays, May 12th, 19th, 26th from 4:30-5:30pm – we will explore metta, yoga nidra, and yogic breathing to foster good will toward ourselves and others.

2.) Make Marks / Moves: Friday, May 25th from 6:00-8:00pm – fun with self-expression through movement improvisation, voice, and mark-making on paper.

3.) Take HeART visual art exhibit by Fresh A.I.R. artists on display at Flux+Flow gallery May 1- July 29 with an Opening Reception Saturday, May 12 6:00-7:30pm.

ReelAbilities sponsors/partners: Greater Columbus Arts Council, Puffin Fndtn., Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Board of Franklin County, Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities, ARC Industries, Ohio Arts Council, JCC Manhattan, Friends of VSA Ohio, Columbus Foundation, Gateway Film Center, Nicolette Cinemagraphics, Food for Good Thought, Art Makes Columbus, Illuminating Ohio State Film Studies, Southeast Healthcare Services Inc., and Fresh A.I.R.