Nerve: Conversations with Lenore (29 minutes.  Documentary.  Color.  Sound.  2006.)

Camera and Direction: Wendy Woodson.
Written Passages: Professor Lenore Manderson.
Editing: Wendy Woodson and Dan Keller.

In 2001, Dr. Lenore Manderson, a medical anthropologist living in Melborne Australia, lost the use of her left hand while writing "Surface Tensions," a book based on her research on trauma to the body.   Nerve explores Manderson's struggles with her sudden disability and her journey to discover a new identity and sense of self.

Screenings:
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melborne, Australia (6/09/2006)
Barre Museum, Barre, Vermont
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts