Black Psychoanalysts Speak

Overview

The analysts featured in this documentary contend that psychoanalysis has a long history as a progressive movement devoted to the common good. Psychoanalysis asks us to examine the processes of self deception that perpetuate both individual unhappiness and social structures that are inequitable and oppressive. Yet psychoanalytic education has for the most part focused on training and treating the relatively privileged. The Black psychoanalysts here examine this dilemma and engage in a vibrant and thought provoking discussion about race, culture, class and the unrealized promise of psychoanalysis.

Details

Cast

C. Jama Adams

Self

Janice O. Bennett

Self

Anton Hart

Self

Dorothy Evans Holmes

Self

Annie Lee Jones

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Dolores O. Morris

Self

Michael Moskowitz

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Richard Reichbart

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Cheryl Thompson

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Kirkland Vaughans

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Cleonie White

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Kathleen Pogue White

Self