Almost Sunrise

Trauma, PTSD and Moral Injury in Film

“It’s a war within yourself that never goes away.” ― Luis Montalvan, 'Buried Above Ground' (2015) Originally known as 'nervous and mental shock', then 'combat stress reaction', then 'shell-shock' or 'battle exhaustion', PTSD and combat-related Moral Injury has probably affected soldiers in every war ever fought. In World War I, pressure to avoid medical recognition of this phenomena meant that soldiers suffering from shell shock were often put on trial — and some executed — for military crimes including desertion and cowardice. While the diagnosis of PTSD did not exist until the early 1980s, filmmakers have been exploring the horrifying and detrimental impact of psychological trauma for decades. Moral injury is a closely-related phenomena, but refers to the profound emotional distress caused by an injury to an individual's moral conscience, typically through a perceived transgression or violation. [What is Moral Injury?](https://www.pbs.org/video/almost-sunrise-what-moral-injury/) via PBS [Why Is Hollywood Only Now Figuring Out How to Portray PTSD Sensitively?](https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/hollywoods-new-sensitive-take-on-ptsd.html) via Vulture [The portrayal of PTSD in 'American Sniper'](https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/reel-therapy/201501/american-sniper-0), via Psychology Today [On 'Christopher Robin', War, and PTSD](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/on-christopher-robin-war-and-ptsd), via The New Yorker

War Documentaries

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