Looking Out/Looking In: City of God

A screening of "City of God" will be followed by a discussion with USC social work professor Kristin Ferguson. Dinner will be provided."City of God" (directed by Fernando Meirelleres and Katia Lund, Brazil, 2002) is about a housing project built in the 1960s that in the early '80s became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. This film captures one of the primary social-work concepts of person-in-environment while also demonstrating the failure of the government to reduce poverty, crime and substandard living conditions. USC social work professor Kristin Ferguson will lead a discussion following the film and will examine the latest research regarding social development in Latin American countries.Using the dynamics of film characters and plots as metaphors for both unhealthy and transforming behavior, fluid mental states and deep rooted social problems, the Looking Out/Looking In series will help the audience understand the internal world of people who seek counseling, types of group behavior and community assets and pathology to dispel myths and enlarge our understanding of the disenfranchised.

Location: George Lucas Instructional Building Room 108

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Daria Yudacufski