Julie Mendez - from PTSD to Art

Sometimes pain cannot be expressed or exorcised through words.

Duration: 9 min
Release date: 2013-03-01
IMDB

Julie Mendez was a 17 year old teenager when she saw the "be all that you can be" Army recruiting messaging and decided to enlist. Her life would change forever when she was deployed to serve in the Iraq War. Her experiences changed her and she returned home to face feelings of isolation and depression. Always a creative person, Julie turned to art to help her process her experiences and begin to heal her PTSD.

War Documentary

Julie Mendez - from PTSD to Art

Casting arrow_drop_down

Similar Films

  • Leonardo: The Works
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Die Brücke
  • The Dirty Dozen
  • Fahrenheit 9/11
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • There Are No Fakes
  • Gray Matters
  • The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
  • Alene Duerk: First Woman to Make Admiral
  • Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy
  • Poster Boys
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II
  • Naked
  • Vzrušení
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Mount Liptak
  • The Hidden Talent of Gilbert Gottfried

NextFilm 2025