Film: The Sleep Room in 2 parts, Tomorrow ( Tuesday Jan 24) and Wendesday Jan 25 at Casa Luz
Posted by Nansee New on January 23, 2017, 3:03 pm
The Sleep Room is a 1998 Canadian Broadcasting Company television movie about experiments on Canadian mental patients that were carried out in the 1950s and 1960s by Donald Ewan Cameron and funded by the CIA's MK Ultra program. It originally aired as a mini-series and is based on the book In The Sleep Room: The Story of CIA Brainwashing Experiments in Canada by Anne Collins.
Part 1 will show tomorrow (Tuesday) evening January 24 at 7:30. The film details the evolution of Cameron's experiments using a procedure he called psychic driving which included continuous loop taped messages while the patients were under the influence of curare and LSD, as well as intensive electroshock treatments.
Part 2, will show on Wednesday evening January 25, and covers the legal efforts of the patients and their attorneys in the 1980s to obtain a settlement.
The film was directed by celebrated Canadian film-maker Anne Wheeler who will be present at both showings. The film won several Gemini awards, including best television movie, best direction, best performance, best sound, and outstanding special effects in make-up.
What: Two consecutive nights of film by Anne Wheeler. "The Sleep Room" parts 1 &2.
When: Part 1 Tuesday January 24, 7:30PM; Part 2 Wednesday January 25, 7:30 PM
Where: Casa Luz, Boca del Rio #75, Tel: 351-7029
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Re: Film: The Sleep Room in 2 parts, Tomorrow ( Tuesday Jan 24) and Wendesday Jan 25 at Casa Luz
Our very own Ann Wheeler directed that! I have watched it a few times, Great documentary.
Just for fun here is a short clip of the Army testing to see if they could use LSD as a battlefield tactic. Around the same time as MK Ultra (not fun) was beginning to be phased out. I would say it worked eh?
And the famous Housewife experiment from the 50's. Tell it like it is sister!
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Re: Film: The Sleep Room in 2 parts, Tomorrow ( Tuesday Jan 24) and Wendesday Jan 25 at Casa Luz
Looking forward to showing this very much. Fantastic international cast. Based on an important and compelling book that explored the work of Dr. Cameron...and his efforts to cure the mentally ill with LSD and other drugs. This film shot in Montreal promised to engage....see you there. Anne