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| I am Sam |
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| Date: |
July 21, 2007 |
| Time: |
2 - 5 p.m. |
| Location: |
Keck Auditorium, Charles R. Drew University,
1731 East 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059 |
| Guest Speaker: |
Daphne Calmes, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
in the College of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine
and Science |
| Medical Theme: |
Mental Health |
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Sam Dawson is a mentally-challenged father raising his daughter Lucy
with the help of an extraordinary group of friends. As Lucy turns
seven and begins to intellectually surpass her father, their close
bond is threatened when their situation comes under the scrutiny of a
social worker who wants Lucy placed in foster care. Faced with a
seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and
forms an unlikely alliance with Rita Harrison, a high-powered, self-
absorbed attorney who initially takes his case pro bona as a
challenge from her colleagues. On the surface the two couldn't be further apart, but in reality they are subtly similar. Sam's
compulsive nature is mirrored in Rita's more socially acceptable
obsessive-compulsive nature. Together they struggle to convince the
system that Sam deserves to get his daughter back and, in the
process, fuse a bond that results in a unique testament to the power
of unconditional love.
| Starring: |
Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne
Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Year: |
2001 |
| Run Time: |
2 hours, 12 minutes |
| Rating: |
PG-13 |
About the speaker: Daphne Calmes, MD, received her BA and her MD
degree both from the University of California at UCLA. Dr. Calmes
completed her Pediatric Residency Training at the Charles Drew
University. She completed a Child Development Fellowship in the
Pediatric Department in 1989 and joined the Drew faculty. In 1996,
she completed a Primary Care/Health Services Research Fellowship and
received a Masters of Health Services Research from the UCLA School
of Public Health. Dr. Calmes has been a member of the Department of
Pediatrics for approximately fifteen years and currently serves as
the Pediatric Clerkship Director. She has served as a member of the
Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee, the Medical Student
Promotions Committee, the Primary Care and the Drew Admissions
Committee. Dr. Calmes has been the recipient of the Most Supportive
Drew Faculty member Award by eight graduating classes and the UCLA
Excellence in Medical Education in 2002.
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