The Benson Center is excited to host aÌýprivate screening ofÌýThe Coddling of the American MindÌý´Ç²Ô March 21, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. in Wolf Law 204. Registration is required.

The Coddling of the American Mind Poster

Synopsis

Based on The New York Times bestselling book—Kimi is a Ugandan immigrant. Lucy just left a locked psych ward. Both teenagers begin new lives as they enter college. They’re full of promise but quickly succumb to paranoia and misery. Kimi is on the brink of homelessness and Lucy is convinced people want to murder her simply because she’s autistic.Ìý

The women are part of a global mental-health mystery that threatens an entire generation. Beginning in 2012, anxiety, depression, and suicide shot up among young people, and nobody knew why. The answers emerged from an unexpected source—a man named Greg and his own brush with suicide.

Run time:Ìý1 hour, 30 minutes.
45 minute Q&AÌýwith the film directors following the screening.

Parking Information

Paid parking is available in lots 415, 406, 404 and 306. Visit the CU campus map for parking options or find more info about short term parking at CU parking services website. Contact Parking Services at 303-735-PARK (7275) with questions.

Student Event Information

Student Meet and Greet with Ted Balaker onÌýMarch 22, 2023, Noon-1 p.m. at Kittredge Central, North Wing, 2nd Floor, N221 Benson Center Suite. Register HereÌýÌý

Attendance to the screening is not required.Ìý

Come have lunch with Ted Balaker an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and founding partner of Korchula Productions, a film and new media production company devoted to making important ideas entertaining. Pizza and Drinks will be provided.ÌýStudents only and registration is required.