What goes around comes around

When I was a senior at Swarthmore I took advantage of their externship program to spend a week in New York City interning for Ark Media. Ark was working on a documentary about lobotomies. I remember watching One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest and marking spots that referred to lobotomies and reading an autobiography of a woman who spent time in a mental hospital when lobotomies were common. I even went on a pre-interview to meet one woman whose mother was lobotomized by the infamous Dr. Walter Freeman. I sat in on an editing session with the director and editor as they pieced the film together. And now it's going to air on PBS! It's always interesting how different parts of your life collide.

The Lobotomist: American Experience airs 3/22/10 in NYC :)