Science on Screen® The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) Directed by Julian Schnabel Thursday, April 23, 6 pm CINEMA + | BUY TICKETS $12 | $8 Speed members “Nothing less than the rebirth of the cinema.”—David Benby, The New Yorker Experience the triumphant tale of renowned Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, a man whose love of life and soaring vision shaped his will to a achieve a life without boundaries. Paralyzed after a stroke except for the use of his left eye, Bauby eloquently shared his story with the world by blinking words he could no longer speak. 2007, France/U.S., DCP, in French with English subtitles, 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. CINEMA+ with a post-screening discussion by Mariajose Metcalfe, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at UofL. Prof Metcalfe leads the Metcalfe Lab, which studies how injured neural circuits can be repaired after spinal cord injury (SCI). An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.
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