The Sensitives

Mindful Movies

Showings

The Roxy Theater Screen 2 Sun, Dec 16, 2018 7:00 PM
Film Info
Series:Mindful Movies - Director Drew Xanthopoulos in Attendance
Rating:Not Rated
Run Time:83 min
Release Year:2017
Country:US
Genre:Documentary
Sponsored By:Open Way Mindfulness Center
Format:Digital
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Drew Xanthopoulos

Description

The Roxy Theater is pleased to bring you Mindful Movies, a continued series of films that make us aware of our thoughts, emotions and our experiences.

For the increasing number of people who are suffering from environmental illnesses, the modern world is full of unseen threats. Pesticides, perfumes, cell phones—any of these can send a “sensitive” into a debilitating downward spiral.

Stunningly cinematic, The Sensitives documents three families struggling with these issues. Joe, too sick to care for himself, faces an impossible choice: an uncertain future with his ever-burdened family or the lure of a safe community built for sensitives like him, far away. Twin brothers Sam and Nathan live with their mother, Karen, inside a sterilized safe home they haven’t left in years but a tragedy causes upheaval and uprooting in their fragile existence. And Susie, who decamped from society for a remote desert homestead decades ago, has finally found relief but contemplates leaving to advocate for awareness, risking her own health.

Shot over three years, the film captures the hope and humanity that makes the marginalized undeniably relatable.

Director/Cinematographer Drew Xanthopoulos will be present for a Q&A following the screening.