April 3, 2020

This Must Be the Place France 2011, Rated R • DIRECTOR: Paolo SorrentinoDISCUSSANTS: Andrew Bertell, LCSW-C, David Brylawski, LICSW, Kevin Popp, PsyD

Middle-aged Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is aimless, floundering, and living off the riches of his past musical stardom. Stirred out of depression by news of the impending death of his father, to whom he hasn’t spoken in 30 years, Cheyenne is enlisted to take up his father’s long quest

for revenge on the Nazi prison guard who was and remained his tormentor. As Cheyenne emerges from psychic retreat and reckons with the ghosts of his own and his father’s past, he re-engages his struggle to realize himself. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:1. Identify and describe the defensive phenomena of psychic retreat.2. Discuss several theories of aggression, with particular attention paid to differentiating between destructive aggression and vitality- enhancing aggression.3. Define identification and de-identification and describe how they are fundamental to the changes in the film’s central character.

April 17, 2020

Antwone Fisher USA 2002, Rated PG-13 DIRECTOR: Denzel WashingtonDISCUSSANT: Marilyn Martin, MD

The film leads the viewer through the internal struggles of a navy sailor who is forced to meet with a psychiatrist due to

his aggressive exploits. A repressed troubled past comes alive in his therapeutic work and the root of his displaced rage is understood. Courageously he seeks out the family he never knew but always dreamed of having. The resiliency of the protagonist leaves the audience inspired and uplifted by this true story.LEARNING OBJECTIVES:1. Describe the sadistic use of corporal punishment as an attempt to feel power and control in a culture where one feels powerless and out of control.2. Detect the impact of abuse on an individual’s capacity to be in relationship with oneself and others.3. Cite the importance of culturally relevant treatment in the work with African-American males and a strengths approach.

April 24, 2020

Arrival USA 2016, Rated PG 13DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve DISCUSSANT: Aurelio Zerla, MD

Twelve alien spacecraft arrive at various locations around the world. Linguist Louise Banks is recruited by the US Army to decipher the alien language in a race to prevent global war. The film explores humanity’s fraught relationship with the “Other” as alien in its multiple meanings, and the most tender of relationships, that of mother and child, highlighting themes of awareness, choice, and loss. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Describe our all too human fearful relationship with the “other,” the

need to integrate it with compassion, and to relate this to our current difficult political climate.

2. Describe the impact of the sense of time on memory and its relation to love, loss, and mourning.

May 1, 2020

Get OutUSA 2017, Rated RDIRECTOR: Jordan PeeleDISCUSSANT: Allan Gold, MD

Director Jordan Peele combines the genres of comedy and horror films to portray a black man, Chris, as he is lured into and trapped by a cult of privileged white families who deceive and manipulate him and would enslave his mind and body. The film is a satire challenging white middle class liberals to look beneath the surface at their own unconscious racism.LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Describe unconscious racism and cite examples from the film. 2. Discuss the concept of “double consciousness” or “two-ness” that W.E.B. Dubois coined to describe the effects of slavery on the psychology of generations of African Americans, citing examples from the film.3. Discuss how the socialization of privileged white families perpetuates unconscious racism, including the widespread encouragement of the defenses of idealization, devaluation, rationalization, projection, and dissociation to ward off collective guilt, shame, and fear.

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Tickets may be purchased at the door or online using the following link: https://www.wbcp.org/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=433For those paying at the door who want CMEs/CEs, online registration will be required following the film at https://www.wbcp.org/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=433Visa, MC or checks are accepted at the online checkout.

Baltimore Museum of Art (10 Art Museum Drive)Fridays, April 3, 17, 24 & May 1, 2020; 7:15pm • Doors open at 6:30pm

(3.0 continuing education credits per film program)

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TICKETS Tickets may be purchased at the door or online using the following link: https://www.wbcp.org/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=433For those paying at the door who want CMEs/CEs, online registration will be required following the film at https://www.wbcp.org/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=433Visa, MC or checks are accepted at the online checkout.

General Admission CME Film Series $80 Individual Films $25BMA Museum CME Film Series $55 Individual Films $15No CME Film Series $55 Individual Films $15Payment may be made by Visa or MC, or you may choose to pay offline by check during the online checkout process. Your online ticket purchases will be held at the door. All ticket purchases are NON-REFUNDABLE. For registration assistance, contact the WBCP staff at 301.470.3635; 410.792.8060; 202.237.1854 or admin@wbcp.org. Visit the website at www.wbcp.org.

Continuing Medical EducationThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Psychoanalytic Association and The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc. The American Psychoanalytic Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) tm. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION FOR ALL LEARNERS: None of the planners and presenters of this CME program have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Continuing Education – Social Workers The programs of The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc., meet the criteria for continuing education as defined by the District of Columbia and Virginia Boards of Social Work, and the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work. The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc., designates this program as a continuing education activity for social work for 1 credit hour per hour for this activity. The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc., is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category 2 continuing education units.

Continuing Education – PsychologistsThe Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc., is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc., maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Licensed Professional CounselorsThe Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc., continuing education credits meet the criteria and may be submitted for re-licensure of LPCs in Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia.

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