F2516B Away From Her
Class | Registration opens Monday, September 15, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
Fiona (Julie Christie) and Grant (Gordon Pinsent) are a retired married couple living in rural Ontario. Fiona begins to lose her memory, becoming apparent that she has Alzheimer's. When Fiona feels she is becoming a risk to herself, she decides to check into a nursing home where she has to spend the first 30 days "adjusting" without the comfort of Grant visiting her. During his time Fiona is getting close to Aubrey (another patient) and begins to lose her memory of her marriage to Grant which haunts him.
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mark wenzel
mark wenzel has been in the Wayne State University Philosophy Department since 1998 and holds classes in Global Ethics, Contemporary Moral Issues, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Arts and developed a course in Classical Indian Philosophy for Fall 2023. wenzel has held classes (twice) in Feminist Philosophy at the Huron Valley Women's Prison and is currently part of a WSU group working to begin a College in Prison Program at Macomb Correctional Facility.