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Global Public Health

These films higlight challenges and triumphs connected to physical and mental well-being in the countries across the OSUN network.
All the materials are available to use in the classroom. 
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Films

  • Children of Migration: Separation
    Children of parents who migrated and left them behind in Kyrgyzstan reflect on childhood, relationships with families, and abandonment.

    Created by Tursunbay Shergaziev and Evgenii Kim of American University of Central Asia
  • Living with Disability in Bishkek
     Several women living with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan provide insight into the challenges they face and recommend solutions.

    Created by Ulukbek Batyrgaliev and Shigofa Jamal of American University of Central Asia
  • Mental Cage
    Mental health is still a new concept in Kyrgyzstan, so people don't have enough information enabling them to understand it clearly. Therapy is still stigmatized in the society and not enough people have access to it. All of this creates prodigious mental health challenges for this developing Central Asian country.

    Created by Darya Gusmanova, Maria Pankova, Umsunai Bulatova of American University of Central Asia
  • Painting the Right Brain
    This documentary explores how art therapy can be an effective alternative to more traditional forms of "verbal" therapy and why it is important to destigmatize mental health issues and make therapy more accessible.

    Student Filmmakers: Aldan Athanasio, Hannah Duprez, Leo Riley of Bard College
  • Still Human
    The struggles of modern life, gross inequalities, and injustice have all contributed to the problem of drug abuse in New York. Socioeconomic pressures have exacerbated mental health issues and fueled addiction. Addiction, like many other mental health problems, is treatable. However, the stigma linked to addiction is an unfair perception that has detrimental effects. This video makes that case that a person dealing with addiction is no less of a human. 

    Created by Christopher Dominguez, Sasha Qvist of Bard College
  • The Factory Floor
    This video takes a close look at the working conditions of laborers, mostly women, working in garment factories in Bangladesh. It explores the role of NGOs and self-help groups in generating awareness of labor rights and providing support services to the workers.

    Student Filmmakers: Saadman Sakib Alvi, Affifa Jahan Anonna, Sheikh Ikraah Taiyaba, Nazia Zafrin of BRAC University