MEMORY Presents the Toronto Premiere of Physician, Heal Thyself by Asher Penn. Two Screenings ONE NIGHT ONLY December 12th at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Theater.
Join Gabor Maté and director Asher Penn for a Live Zoom Q&A moderated by Ethan Vestby of @bleeding.edge.movies (2nd screening only).
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Discount for Hot Docs Members.
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From the long lost hard drives of 2021: CHEF’S KISS
A short film by Asher Penn
Starring Birkett Turton
Music by Quintron
Sound Mix by Joshua Stevenson
Poster by Christopher Norris
Now on YouTube 💋
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF a documentary about Dr. Gabor Mate by Asher Penn is now available to rent worldwide at Memory.is + buy on limited edition BluRay. Link in bio.
The film offers a searingly intimate portrait of the celebrated expert on addiction, stress, and trauma, Gabor Maté. Following Gabor’s life’s journey, from his start as a young contrarian to a contemporary icon still struggling to manage his painful past and complicated behaviors.
a MEMORY Presentation of a TELUS Original
Cinematography by Nathan Drillot, Jeff Lee Petry
Animation by Greydon Luterbach & Salome Siktank
Edited by Liam Sherriff
Music Composed by Kara-Lis Coverdale @k__lc
Additional Music by Eli Keszler, Scott Thomas, Zeb Pigott-Duggan
Executive Produced by Shannon Walsh
Directed and Produced by Asher Penn @ashermixtapehell
Writer, editor, and @sexmag publisher Asher Penn on indie magazines, the microcelebrity vs. the monoculture, and Sex’s forthcoming anthology publication. Compiling three years of select Sex features and interviews, Sex Magazine Anthology is available now for pre-order at their website or @antennebooks for international orders. Also: the highs and lows of the contemporary publishing landscape, Asher not always being a fan of Drain Gang, the art of the interview, @theopioidcrisis_lookbook , and a critical throwback to @buttmagazine and the Golden Era of print. ☆
Launched by Asher Penn in 2012, in some ways the story of Sex Magazine is a story of how print, publishing and the Internet have evolved and intersected over the past decade. Starting as an online-only series of interviews, from its inception Sex has been characterised by Penn’s idiosyncratic subject choices and by the sprawling, original scope of their interviews. For a time this fit the spirit of the Internet, with its early promise of a certain freedom, anarchy and fun. Then, right around the time the Internet began to morph into an increasingly corporate, dogmatic space, and as print publications became scarcer and scarcer, Penn decided Sex Magazine should become a physical publication. In a sense it’s a magazine that has always gone against the grain of mainstream publishing.
Read the conversation between @ashermixtapehell and @holly_connolly online now
Special Virtual Screening Event - One Week Only starts Dec 13th
Access to the film + exclusive Q&A.
Check bio for link !
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF a documentary about Gabor Maté
Directed and Produced by Asher Penn
a MEMORY Presentation of a TELUS Original
Cinematography by Nathan Drillot, Jeff Lee Petry
Animation by Greydon Luterbach & Salome Siktank
Edited by Liam Sherriff
Music Composed by Kara-Lis Coverdale
Additional Music by Eli Keszler, Scott Thomas, Zeb Pigott-Duggan
Executive Produced by Shannon Walsh
Directed and Produced by Asher Penn
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@telusoriginals@k__lc oke @shannondwalsh@jeffleepetry
Physician, Heal Thyself • Theatrical Run Kicks off Oct 11th at Vancouver’s VIFF Center
Special Screening 1pm 10/11 - Q&A with Gabor Maté & Director Asher Penn; moderated by Am Johal, Director of Community Engagement at SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement & VIFF Board Chair
Tickets & Showtimes @viffest
From VIFF : Dr Gabor Maté has become one of the world’s most influential thinkers about addiction, trauma and childhood development on the back of books like In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, The Myth of Normal and When the Body Says No. He’s pioneered the idea of Compassionate Inquiry as a therapeutic approach, and worked for over a decade on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
In Asher Penn’s Physician, Heal Thyself Dr Maté shares not only his theories, but also his personal story: his difficult early childhood in Hungary, immigrating to Canada, his experience as a journalist for the Ubyssey, and his early reputation as a contrarian. Maté candidly discusses his own struggles with pain, his complicated behaviours and fractured relationships. Physician, Heal Thyself offers hope and comfort, encouraging us to own our failings, share our struggles, and accept our imperfections.
