‘Something Familiar’ Director on Her Very Personal Hybrid Doc About Overcoming Trauma and Giving Herself “the Gift of the Archetypal Mother”

Rachel Taparjan discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, trauma-informed filmmaking and why Western ...

Godzilla And Studio Ghibli Are Iconic In Japan. Until Watching HBO's Incredible New Doc, I Did Not Appreciate Their Connection To Nuclear Trauma

A Nuclear Nightmare appearing on the 2026 movie schedule, I made sure to circle March 11th on the calendar, which happened to ...
PBS

Light of the Setting Sun

A Chinese family’s multigenerational trauma unfolds across time, place, and identity. Turning the camera inward, filmmaker Vicky Du traces her family’s mental illness back to the Chinese Communist ...
AllHipHop

Rapper Emmanuel Jal Turns War Trauma Into Award-Winning Hip-Hop Documentary

Emmanuel Jal’s documentary reveals his transformation from Sudan child soldier to global Hip-Hop artist and peace advocate. Emmanuel Jal’s extraordinary transformation from child soldier to ...
Psychology Today

Aftercare Is a Must in Mass Trauma

Hurricane Katrina occurred 20 years ago in the Gulf Coast of the southern U.S. The tragedy and its aftermath for the evacuees and descendants of the many deceased constitute a mass trauma. Researchers ...