AWI Sanctuary Space presents: Film Winner Premiere “Supercalifragilistic”
An ongoing Continued Connections program that creates virtual spaces for people to connect at the intersection of art and mental health.
Watch: Interactive event recording + presentation:
Featured National Resources:
Crisis Text Line
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Trans Lifeline
The Trevor Project
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
Black Mental Health Alliance
Learn how to support someone else’s mental health: Be There Certificate
About the filmmaker:
RANDY KELLY –Randy Kelly is an award-winning film and television director, editor and cameraman based in the Ottawa/Gatineau area in Canada. Over the last 25 years, Randy has worked on dramatic and lifestyle TV series, documentaries, short and feature-length films, cinepoems and music videos in both English and French. In the past 15 years, Randy has developed a passion for projects that highlight Indigenous cultures, in collaboration with a local Indigenous-owned production company. These projects have taken him across Canada and around the world.
Since 2014, Randy has also been giving cinepoetry and spoken word workshops, with Ottawa-based spoken word artist Jamaal Jackson Rogers, at international schools around the world. Exploring poetry, mental health issues, indigenous voices, human rights and social justice are all part of Randy’s mission to help people tell their stories. You can follow Randy on Instagram and Twitter.
About the spoken word artist:
DANIEL MARK PATTERSON – Daniel Mark Patterson is a spoken word artist and performer and mental health advocate. You can follow Daniel on Facebook and YouTube.