Science in the Cinema - Canvas

Date: Wed, July 23rd 2008
Additional Time Info: 7:00 p.m.
External Link: Event Website
Related Series: Science in the Cinema - Free Film Series
Event Tags: The Movies
Location: AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center

Canvas
Date:	July 23
Time:	7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Location:	AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Guest Speaker:	Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D., Chief, Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
Medical Theme:	Schizophrenia

	When Mary's (Marcia Gay Harden) mental illness puts herself and her family in jeopardy, her husband (Joe Pantoliano) and son (Devon Gearhart) helplessly watch as she's torn from the family by the police. Forced to raise a boy on his own and cope with his wife's schizophrenia, father and son learn what it is to truly be a family. Inspired by a true story, Joseph Greco's drama is as full of hope and humor as it is heartbreaking performances.

	Starring:	Joe Pantoliano, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart, Sophia Bairley, Marcus Johns, Antony Del Rio, Brandon Agan, Nicholas Alexander, Irene B. Colletti, Bill Erfurth, Matthew T. Gitkin, Paul Lasa, Emma Lockhart, Owen Miller, Sandra Milliner, Griffin Miner, Danny Rawley, Casey Travers, Julie Upton, Tim Ware
	Genre:	Drama
	Year:	2006
	Run Time:	1 hour, 41 minutes
	Rating:	Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements.