Sourcing the Stream
Sourcing the Stream
Nerve: Conversations with Lenore
NERVE: Conversations with Lenore
30 minute. Documentary, 2008.
Camera and Direction: Wendy Woodson
Written Passages: Lenore Manderson
Editing: Wendy Woodson & Dan Keller
In 2001 Dr. Lenore Manderson, a medical anthropologist living in Melbourne Australia, lost the use of her left hand while writing 'Surface Tensions; a book based on her research on trauma to the body. Nerve follows Manderson's struggles with her sudden disability and her journey to discover a new identity and sense of self.
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Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, US
Barre Museum, Barre, Vermont, US
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
University of Southern Denmark, Nyborg, Denmark
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
University Women’s Club, Mayfair, London, UK