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Films
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Country
“Ghana”
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Keywords
“Health Health care Healing”
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“United Kingdom”
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films with a digital version
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films available on demand
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Region
West Africa
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Country
Ghana
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Keywords
Health / Health care / Healing
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Religion / Belief / Faith
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Directors
Colucci, Erminia
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not set
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Country of production
Ghana
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United Kingdom
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Year of production
2021
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Film
NKABOM: A LITTLE MEDICINE, A LITTLE PRAYER
2021
79
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Directed by
Erminia Colucci
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A mother is caring for her son at a healing shrine on the edge of a village in the central belt of Ghana. In another village, a father has taken his son to several Christian and traditional healers as well as a psychiatric hospital. Both are driven by the need to find a cure for the mental illness which has afflicted their children. Meanwhile mental health nurses in Ghana are looking for ways to join together with healers in their communities. They know these healers are popular and respect their beliefs, but they are concerned that some use chains to restrain their patients. How can they work together with healers without threatening their reputation and livelihoods? And how can nurses offer treatment without access to medication and transport? This film provides an insight into how healers and health practitioners come together in the face of these challenges to reach the same goal of healing and recovery. Part of “Together for Mental Health”, an interdisciplinary, international collaboration between Indonesia, Ghana and the UK. Using visual methods, it explores examples of collaboration between mental health workers and pluralistic healing approaches and their impact on preventing human rights abuse and improving care for people living with mental illness experience. DOWNLOAD THE STUDY GUIDE: https://raifilm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screening-Guide-Together-for-Mental-Health-GHANA.pdf See also the film Harmoni, Healing Together: https://raifilm.org.uk/films/harmoni-healing-together/
West Africa
Health / Health care / Healing
Religion / Belief / Faith