Poster Girl (2010)

Directed by

Sara Nesson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

38 min

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a female soldier struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder after returning from the Iraq War. It shows her day to day life and emotional challenges as she tries to readjust to civilian life.

somberpersonalrawreflectiveintimatesoberingemotionally heavy

What happens

Poster Girl is a 2010 American short documentary film about an American soldier's experience with posttraumatic stress disorder after returning from the Iraq War. The film showed at the 37th Telluride Film Festival on September 3, 2010. It was named as a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 83rd Academy Awards on January 25, 2011, but lost to Strangers No More. The film is a production of Portrayal Films and was conceived and produced by Mitchell Block and directed and photographed by Sara Nesson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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