KELSEYVILLE >> The Second Sunday Cinema begins its new series of free films with the drama based on real life, The Best of Men,” at The Kelseyville United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Following World War II, many severely injured English soldiers were warehoused in “hospitals” where the only treatments were doses of painkillers and sedatives so heavy the veterans lay semi-conscious in their beds all day and night.
A high-energy Jewish/German doctor, Dr. Guttman, fled the Nazis and accepted a position caring for these men. And the changes began. He had to fight the medical staff, entrenched in their “expert knowledge” that these men were incapable of ever living a life. He also had to inspire the veterans themselves, who had settled into an angry or passive despair.
Guttman was so confidant, so high-energy and so good-humored that after a rocky start, positive change became exponential. Soon, the young men were up and about and even involved in wheelchair sports. And this blossomed not only into the first Paralympics, but into their own free lives.
Call 889-7355 for information. The Kelseyville United Methodist Church is located 3810 Main St.
