Julie Mendez - from PTSD to Art (2013)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : March 1, 2013

Runtime : 9m

Genre : War, Documentary  

Companies : El Dorado Films, Veteran Documentary Corps

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), art, iraq war, veteran, u.s. army