See this film series: "Delirious: Films by Nancy Andrews" at the Brattle

Still from Andrews' short film "The Haunted Camera"

Sometimes an artist can transform painful, debilitating experiences into something visionary. In 2005 Nancy Andrews suffered a near-fatal illness, and it inspired her to make films that probe the far reaches of consciousness. One such is Behind the Eyes are the Ears, a surreal exploration of reality, fantasy, and identity that combines eerie animation and live action footage. It will screen in the Balagan program "Delirious: Films by Nancy Andrews" followed by a discussion with the director and Michael Belkin, M.D., from Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Vascular Surgery, and Samata Sharma, M.D, a Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It takes place at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square | Tuesday, May 8 @ 8 pm | $10; $8 students, seniors | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org.