Meditheatre: Montreal Medicine at Expo 67
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First public screening of documentary 鈥淢iracles in Modern Medicine鈥� since the 1967 International and Universal Exposition
Filmed in 1966 at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, the Hotel Dieu, and the Montreal Rehabilitation Institute, Miracles in Modern Medicine is a film of six vignettes capturing novel medical interventions that represented, for the era, the remarkable possibilities of modern technological medicine. The film was viewed by over 2 million visitors to the 鈥楳an and His Health鈥� pavilion of Expo 67.听 This screening is first public viewing in Canada in nearly 50 years.听
WHAT:听听听听听听听听听听听 Documentary screening, 鈥�Miracles in Modern Medicine鈥�
WHEN:听听听听听听听听听听听 October 1st - 18:00-19:30
WHERE:听听听听听听听听 McCord Museum, 690 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montr茅al
*This is a bilingual film screening and commentary with presentations in both languages. 听
Available for interviews in English and French:
Director Robert Cordier and Steve Palmer, historian of medicine.
Robert Cordier, Director of 芦听Miracles in Modern Medicine听芦听 is听 metteur en sc猫ne, cin茅aste, acteur, po猫te, 茅crivain, dramaturge, sc茅nariste, traducteur et p茅dagogue am茅ricain;founder,Acting International. 听Robert Cordier has been at the heart of the avant- garde theatre, film and performance art scene in New York since the 1960s and 70s.
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Steven Palmer, Historian of Medicine, Canada Research Chair in the History of International Health, University of Windsor.听 Palmer, rediscovered the film at Library and Archives Canada, will offer a听commentary on the Montreal medical community's leadership role in establishing the Expo theme pavilions as well as a reconstruction of the "Man and His Health/L'homme et la sant茅" pavilion, and its 鈥淢editheatre鈥� performance space where the film was screened.
Programme / Information: www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events
Contact:
Cynthia Lee
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