Robert Lemelson is a cultural and visual anthropologist. Central questions of how to interpret his experiences, and what role a schizophrenia diagnosis entails are explored. The film documents his painful history of trauma, loss and poisoning, and draws on his other family member's interpretations of how to understand his struggles and distress. Kereta's reported experiences seem credible or explicable to some, bizarre and extraordinary to others, enigmatic or doubtful to his wife, and the sign of major mental illness to his psychiatrist. His experiences skirt the borders of cultural and spiritual norms, simultaneously manifesting and exceeding Balinese beliefs about the supernatural world and the possibilities for human interaction with it. Kereta says he has been living in two worlds, the world of his family and community and the world of the spirits, for the past 40 years. SOAS Development for Transformation Centre (DevTraC)įollows an older Balinese man, Nyoman Kereta, as he struggles with the intrusion of spirits into his consciousness. London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science Centre for Creative Industries, Media and Screen StudiesĬentre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial StudiesĬentre for Development, Environment and PolicyĬentre for Financial and Management StudiesĬentre for Global Media and CommunicationsĬentre for Global and Comparative PhilosophiesĬentre for International Studies and DiplomacyĬentre for Migration and Diaspora StudiesĬentre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International LawĬentre for the Study of Illicit Economies, Violence and DevelopmentĬentre for the Study of Japanese Religions
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