Public Programs And Events

The New School for Social Research is proud to partner with Indwelling to honor fimmaker Elena Rossini. The event will include a screening of her award-winning documentary The Illusionists and a post-screening Q&A with Rossini.

This powerful documentary exposes the multi-billion dollar industries that saturate our lives with images of unattainable beauty, exporting body insecurity from New York to Beirut to Tokyo. Through powerful images and interviews The Illusionists turns the mirror on media, exposing the absurd and shocking images that seek to enslave us.

Rossini is also the founder and editor-in-chief of No Country for Young Women, a website whose aim is to provide positive role models for young girls. The site features over 100 interviews of women representing five continents, seven decades, and over two dozen professions – from NASA engineers, to illustrators, architects, filmmakers and entrepreneurs.

Event Schdeule
12:45PM: Doors Open for Registration

1:15PM: Welcoming Remarks

1:30PM: Honoring and Comments from director Elena Rossini

1:45 - 3:15PM: film The Illusionist

3:15 - 4:00PM: Q&A with Director Elena Rossini. This will be an opportunity for people to SPEAK OUT about their own experiences in relation to the film’s provocative material.

4 - 4:45PM: Reception and Mingling

This event is organized by The Women's Therapy Centre Institute in collaboration with The New School for Social Research's Psychology Department.