Films for Psychology of Trauma

PSY 472/572

Documentaries

• Angel: a Story of Trauma & Recovery, 2003, 53 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 00787 (http://www.rossinst.com/vid-Angel.htm)
• Battered Mothers, 2008, a video by Garland Waller, 14 min, http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5viwjaIorU8
• Breaking the silence: children's stories, 2005, UO Library Call#: DVD 01331 (DVD is 9 min segment from longer documentary, impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts)
• The Date Rape Backlash, 1994, 58 min, UO Library Call#: Videotape 02531, http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/DateRapeBacklash
• Dialogues with Madwomen, 1993, 90 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 02450, (http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c141.htm)
• Doctors of the Dark Side, 2013,  www.doctorsofthedarkside.com
• 48 Hours: Rescued from Sex Slavery, 2005, 60 min, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/23/48hours/main675913.shtml
• Hidden Wounds, 2006, 57 mins, UO Library Call# VIDEO DVD 01495  documentary about psychological wounds suffered by veterans, http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/446_hw.php
• Hunting Ground, 2015, http://thehuntinggroundfilm.com/2016/03/were-streaming/
• If I could, 2005, UO Library Call#: VIDEO DVD 01698 ("Documentary film about a family's effort to escape the effects of trauma after decades of abuse, abandonment, drugs, and rage. Follows the life of Tracy, a single mother fighting to keep her son from falling prey to the same problems that almost destroyed her.")
• Invisible War, 2012, http://invisiblewarmovie.com/
• The Keepers, 2017, https://www.netflix.com/title/80122179
• The Pinochet Case, 2001, 110 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 06315 http://www.frif.com/new2002/pino.html
• Rate it X, 1988, 95 min, UO Library Call#: Videotape 05177, http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c199.htm
• Scared Silent, 1992, 51 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 06596 http://www.buyindies.com/listings/8/8/AIMS-8816.html ("This program is hosted by Oprah Winfrey, who kept silent from over twenty years about her own painful experiences as an abused child. She takes viewers on a graphic journey into the hearts and souls of six perpetrators of sexual, physical and psychological child abuse. The pathways to recovery are explored in great depth as victim and abuser alike struggle with issues of guilt, shame, anger, and self-hatred. ")
• Searching for Angela Shelton, 2004, 94 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 00674 (http://www.searchingforangelashelton.com/)
• The Shadow of Hate, 1995, 40 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 02664 http://www.tolerance.org/teach/resources/shadow_of_hate.jsp ("A documentary that examines 3 centuries of American history to understand America's history of intolerance")
• “Soldier’s Heart”, a PBS documentary about Soldiers returning from War with PTSD symptoms http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/view
• A Story of Hope, 1992, 50 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 06801 http://www.missamericabyday.com/ (videotape of Marilyn van Derbur Atler giving talk)
• Strong at the Broken Places, 1998, 38 mins, UO Library Call#: Videotape 06823, http://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/Strong.html
• Tough Guise, 1999, 80 min., UO Library Call#: Videotape 04870, (http://mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/ToughGuise)
• Working with men survivors of trauma and abuse. 2005, 100 min, American Psychological Association, UO Library Call#: VIDEO DVD 01738

Fiction

• Spotlight, 2015, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/ (institutional betrayal)
• Bad Education, 2004, https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_education/ (child sexual abuse)
• Mysterious Skin, 2004, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Skin (child sexual abuse)
  

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