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Ward 54 Documentary - Factual

Code: 021767

Kris Goldsmith is a soldier in the US Army. On his return to Iraq he fi nds himself unable to deal with what he has experienced. In Baghdad his job is to photograph and classify Iraq bodies, but when faced with the horror of a mass grave something triggers off inside him. He has nightmares and continuous fl ashbacks.
When he goes home he is suffering from Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder but nobody manages to fully grasp his desperation. Doctors diagnose severe depression, but the army orders him back to Iraq, despite his request to be discharged.

Ward 54

DIRECTOR: Monica Maggioni
PRODUCTION:  Rai Cinema, Mediakite
LENGTH: 63'
VERSION: English subtitles
YEAR: 2010

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