SERENITY and Coping with Trauma |
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What happens when you're kidnapped from your family, tortured, and conditioned into being an assassin? You get River Tam. And also Alan, apparently.
Therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright discuss what we can learn about coping with trauma from Summer Glau's character River in Serenity and Firefly. They break down some of the symptoms of PTSD she exhibits, and some of the things that help her work through them and start healing. Even though most of us don't live in a sci-fi future with space ships, space zombies, and space cowboys (along with psychics and lots of other fun), we can still learn a thing or two about how to heal from and deal with the trauma we do face in real life. Support us! Patreon: https://patreon.com/CinemaTherapy Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/cinema-therapy Internet Dads Popcorn: http://ctpopcorn.com Buy or rent Serenity here: https://amzn.to/3ietu9E Cinema Therapy is: Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright & Alan Seawright Edited by: Alan Seawright Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Jonathan and Alan’s Firefly/Serenity history 02:36 - What’s wrong with River Tam? 06:52 - Joss Whedon did all the movie stuff in this movie 08:34 - How do you react to a traumatized person? 09:21 - Suicide is never the answer 11:52 - Having a voice 14:30 - Realizing there is a way out 16:30 - How therapy and flimmaking are the same thing 18:29 - River takes her power back 20:13 - Alan’s favorite fight scene 21:55 - How to thrive with Mental Illness 23:19 - How does River get better? 24:16 - Outro |