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Julie Mendez: From PTSD to Art

Women in the Military: Season I - Warriors • V (Violence), TV-14, 01-Jun-2013

Directed by Silvia Turchin

Julie Mendez served in the Iraq War. Finding herself on convoys engaging insurgents, she came to question the reason why so many Iraqi found the Americans as invaders rather than liberators. She turned to art to recover from her experiences.

Cast
Julie Mendez Julie Mendez
Crew
Silvia Turchin director and editor
Daniel Leonard Bernardi executive producer
Kiva James associate producer
Silvia Turchin cinematography
Hannah Anderson sound recordist
Adan Pulido gaffer and grip
Monica Vilas graphic designer

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