Scottish Film Premier of the documentary firm BROKEN PLACES
21 May 2019
Following securing a licence to screen this powerful documentary in Orkney, the first showing in Scotland will be held in Orkney College on 19th June from 6.30pm.
The film asks the question:
Why are some children permanently damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive?
To help answer this question, filmmaker Roger Weisberg dug into his extensive film archives to update a few of the stories of the abused and neglected children he filmed decades ago. Viewers are given a unique time-lapse perspective on how the trauma that these children experienced shaped their lives as adults. BROKEN PLACES interweaves these longitudinal narratives with commentary from a few nationally renowned experts in neurobiology and early childhood development in order to illuminate the devastating impact of childhood adversity as well as the factors that can foster resilience. Experts include Terry Brazelton, Jack Schonkoff, Sandra Bloom and Nadine Burke Harris.
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
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