Join us for a fun, festive, and interactive one-hour online presentation as award-winning filmmaker, Robert Cochrane, PhD will share scenes from 12 of the most popular Christmas movies and show how they follow the 12 stages of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (as adapted by Chris Vogler).
Our first presentation is on Friday, Nov. 15 @ 12 noon Pacific
Our 12 Films of Christmas:
It’s a Wonderful Life
Elf
Four Christmases
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
The Grinch
Die Hard
Home Alone
A Nightmare Before Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Love Actually
Don’t see your favorite? Don’t send a lump of coal! Let us know and we’ll work it into the next presentation.
We’ll meet on Fridays throughout the holidays:
Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, Dec. 20 (the times will vary week to week – stay tuned!)
https://www.yesandexercise.org/christmas
Dr. Robert Cochrane is a graduate of UNLV's Integrated Health Sciences department. He's researching the effect of improvisation and storytelling on Parkinson’s disease. He received grants from the Parkinson's Foundation and support from the Davis Phinney Foundation along the way. He is a popular, unique and high energy Keynote speaker, bringing joy, optimism and practical tools for people in the PD community to thrive today.
He has a background in filmmaking, with the Artisan Entertainment release, The Playaz Court, and two Stephen King-based short films among his credits. His father, Dan, was diagnosed with PD in 2001, which shifted Robert’s artistic lens to health. He made his first documentary, the award-winning Boys of Summer in 2004. There are two follow up films in the series with the fourth film coming in 2023.
He moved his family back to Walnut Creek, CA, where he grew up. He lives there with his beautiful wife, two teenagers who are, indeed, "all that" and is a proud care partner for his amazing parents.
