| Description |
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Biographical films lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Aaron Heliker. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
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"Berkeley Film Foundation" -- Container. |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Robin Fryday and Peter Rosenbaum ; editor, Jacob Steingroot ; director of photography, Peter Rosenbaum ; original music, Christopher Hedge ; song, Bruce Springsteen. |
| Summary |
A documentary that chronicles one soldier's journey back from the brink of suicide. In 2010, Staff Sergeant Aaron Heliker returned from multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), in addition to third-degree burns and nerve damage from a roadside bomb. At his most desperate and isolated, on 42 medications and suicidal, Aaron is introduced to the unlikeliest of saviors: a horse named Fred. Through caring for Fred and building mutual trust, Aaron begins the difficult process of reconnecting to the world around him and healing the terrible, invisible wounds of war that had nearly defeated him. |
| Subject |
Heliker, Aaron.
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Disabled veterans -- United States -- Biography.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Biography.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Patients -- Biography.
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Horses -- Therapeutic use.
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Animals -- Therapeutic use.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Veterans -- United States.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Fryday, Robin, film producer, film director.
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Rosenbaum, Peter, film producer, film director, director of photography.
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Hedge, Christopher, composer (expression)
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Springsteen, Bruce, composer (expression)
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Heliker, Aaron, participant.
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Purposeful Productions, production company, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
857063005684 |
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