PRAx and the DARKSIDE CINEMA Present: Free Film Friday: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the release of Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
When Randle Patrick McMurphy gets transferred for evaluation from a prison farm to a mental institution, he assumes it will be a less restrictive environment. But the martinet Nurse Ratched runs the psychiatric ward with an iron fist, keeping her patients cowed through abuse, medication, and sessions of electroconvulsive therapy. The battle of wills between the rebellious McMurphy and the inflexible Ratched soon affects all the ward's patients.
With special guests:
- Dennie Brooks, Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health
- Jane Ridley, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Community Projects, Oregon Film
- Cynthia Prater, Psy.D., the first Native American Services Coordinator for the Oregon State Hospital
Free Film Fridays is a series of free screenings hosted by Distinguished Professor of Film Jon Lewis, selected to spark discussions across disciplines. Professor Lewis will briefly introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion with OSU faculty experts on the film's topic. Learn more.