Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can cast dark shadows on our mental and physical health, but with proper recognition and treatment, we can shine a light of healing for those traumatized by ACEs.
Utilizing film to educate is so beneficial because storytelling impacts us in ways that statistics and data alone cannot. When we recognize our own, lived experience through that of a character’s, we are more likely to take action to create change in our own lives and in the world around us because our realization happens viscerally.