Tag: ptsd
TRIGGERED (TOPAKK) Interview: Richard V. Somes on Filipino Action Cinema and PTSD
Filipino director Richard V. Somes talks 70s American horror, 80s American action cinema, and the social dimension in genre filmmaking.
Runaway Boy and War-Robot Must Ally to Find Lost Father in Sci-Fi short 'A Crimson Man'
Set in a war-torn land of man vs. machine, Wei, a young runaway in search of his father, must ally with an unstable war-robot named Red or be hunted down by his overseers. This Phillip K. Dick inspired adventure...
Kickstart This! Support PTSD Drama WAR AT HOME
My grandfather was an RAF WWII vet. My mom would tell stories about his struggles; that she could not even sneak up on him and give him a big daddy hug because he would freak out. This Summer in Montreal I...
Sidewalk Film Fest 2015 Review: THREE FINGERS, A Powerful Engagement With Trauma
While the average person in the United States might be familiar with the illness known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its prevalence among war veterans, it is arguably an 'invisible' illness (unlike the loss of a limb, for example)...
Crowdfund This: THREE FINGERS, A Female Portrait Of War... After War
There are a lot of nifty looking crowdfunding projects that pass through the halls here at ScreenAnarchy. Plenty of those are worth your time, so why should Paul D. Hart's short film Three Fingers be of particular interest to you?First...
Review: WAR STORY, A Devastating Study Of Conflict, From Within
Mark Jackson did not so much as burst forth onto the independent film scene in 2011 with his brilliant first feature Without. Rather he made a careful set of imprints and impressions, distinct and measured, over the entire year on...
Sundance 2014 Review: WAR STORY, A Devastating Study Of Conflict, From Within
Mark Jackson did not so much as burst forth onto the independent film scene in 2011 with his brilliant first feature Without. Rather he made a careful set of imprints and impressions, distinct and measured, over the entire year on...