The Postwar Cinema of Loss and Healing (Online)

A remarkable array of movie masterworks were released in 1946, in the immediate aftermath of World War II. In response to the profound emotional, moral, and physical reverberations of the war, the cinematic imagination went into overdrive – covering the gamut from gritty realism to fantastic allegory, telling tales of initiatory descent, transformation, and renewal, invoking archetype and myth across genre and style. With an eye to the power of movies as collective post-war medicine, we'll study and discuss pivotal film scenes with motifs of traumatic loss and healing. In this multimedia lecture, we’ll explore the mythic imagination, our cultural history, and the language of film through clips from 1946 classics by legendary auteur directors: Jean Cocteau, Michael Powell, Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Orson Welles, William Wyler, and Frank Capra.

Terry Ebinger, MS, is a passionate film scholar​ and retired psychotherapist with nearly four decades of experience as a depth psychological practitioner, educator, dream consultant, spiritual director, and multidisciplinary group leader. Her cinema studies programs synthesize myth, psychology, cultural history, and film language. Terry’s approach to teaching is dynamic, scholarly, practical, and playful. She teaches for depth psychology institutes and adult education programs, as well as through her own online 'Cinema Cafe' salons.

This program is being offered ONLINE only. Recordings will be distributed to registered participants only, and will not be available for individual purchase.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.