Jun 17
Montclair Film Montclair, NJ
TicketsAmy Gladstone, PhD, LCSW
Instructor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Seton Hall University
After Yang— Memory as a foundation of the self
Program Description
Dr. Amy Gladstone will lead an audience discussion that explores how memory shapes our identity and the connections we form with loved ones as presented in the film AFTER YANG.
Film Synopsis
In a near future, a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
Photo credit: A24
About the Speaker
Dr. Gladstone is an Instructor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Seton Hall University. She received her MSW from Adelphi University and her Ph.D. from Rutgers University Graduate School. Dr. Gladstone is a social work clinician, supervisor, and educator with over 30 years of clinical experience in hospitals, social service agencies, Head Start programs and private practice. She taught doctoral level courses in the Rutgers DSW program, masters level courses in the Rutgers MSW program and is currently on the faculty of several training institutes including the Integrative Trauma Treatment Program of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies in New York City and the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.