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Exit Strategy #4
Video, 8:44 min, 2018
Judith Herman wrote in Trauma and Recovery how some trauma remains unspeakable. This film includes stories about a girl who made herself puke as a method of survival. She performs healing rituals in the present day in attempt to honor her traumatic past. The fourth film in my Exit Strategy series. tw: memory recall, eating disorder, suicidal ideation
Honors:
Honorable Mention, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival
Finalist, Mental Health Arts & Film Festival – Lisboa, Portugal
Screenings:
Essex Doc Fest, UK
Conquering Disabilities with Film Festival – Los Vegas, NV
London Experimental Film Festival – London, UK
Kansas City Underground Film Festival – Kansas City, MO
Beijing International Film Festival – Beijing, China
Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival – Seattle, WA
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival – Milwaukee, WI
ICDOCS – Iowa City, IA
Dumbo Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY
Onion City Film Festival – Chicago, IL
Chicago Feminist Film Festival – Chicago, IL
Slamdance – Park City, UT
Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival – Grand Rapids, MI
Community Frames Moving Image Gallery, Walker’s Point Center of the Arts – Milwaukee, WI