Documentary films that explore trauma -- and make space for healing | Almudena Toral

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Through documentary films following survivors of trauma, TED Fellow Almudena Toral makes invisible psychological scars seen. She shares the heartbreaking story of Adayanci Pérez, a six-year-old girl from Guatemala suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to her encounter with US immigration enforcement. A powerful call to give voice to those who are silenced -- and pressure governments to change their course of action.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Jennifer Garner here, guest hosting today on TED Talks Daily.
0:08.6	Here's a talk from journalist and TED fellow Al-Muddinatrale about documenting and fighting
0:14.3	the invisible consequences of traumatic events like child separation at the border.
0:21.6	It's a warm morning and I'm surrounded by six-year-old children in a classroom.
0:26.6	One by one, they cheerfully hug one of their friends who just came back home from a trip.
0:32.6	They comment on her new dress and her new hairstyle.
0:36.6	But the girl does nothing.
0:39.0	She looks towards the distant horizon, eyes fixed.
0:43.2	The kids start wondering why she doesn't speak.
0:47.1	The girl's name is Adayansi,
0:50.0	and the trip she has just returned from is not a vacation.
0:59.0	She left Guatemala with her dad in May 2018 for the United States. Several months later, she is back, but she has gone silent.
1:03.0	I'm filming this feeling overwhelmed.
1:06.0	I'm finding it difficult to look through the viewfinder of my camera.
1:10.0	Her post-traumatic stress disorder is so visible. I am in TV. I'm finding it difficult to look through the viewfinder of my camera.
1:13.8	Her post-traumatic stress disorder is so visible.
1:15.4	I am in tears.
1:20.7	I am a journalist who documents aftermath for a living.
1:26.6	The impact, the invisible consequences, what happens when the media spotlight is gone.
1:29.0	That's why I've spent hundreds of hours listening to and watching people deeply affected by trauma. Survivors of trafficking, child
1:36.7	rape, gang slavery, forced labor, and immigration enforcement. Different from the job of
1:43.7	psychiatrists and aid workers,
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