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Downpour Resurfacing

by Frances Nkara

"A lifetime of struggle and transcendence is movingly condensed into a mere 28 minutes in a film that inspires and heals, and does so with exceptional grace and beauty"
Sheila Bienenfeld, Professor of Psychology, San Jose State University

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Dr. Robert Hall generously opens his own story of child sexual and physical abuse to convey how he transformed their repercussions into a life of confidence and peace. Offering emotional wisdom and analytic clarity from his decades of personal and professional experience, Hall inspires hope in abuse survivors and other trauma victims alike. The intricate, lyrical imagery powerfully conveys the story as dreams do, echoing Hall's heritage and innovation in somatic therapies.

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The DVD includes a filmmaker commentary and bio on Robert Hall.

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28 minutes • VHS
28 minutes • DVD

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28 min./ VHS
Institutions (Colleges/Universities)
$229
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$99
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$50
28 min./ DVD
Institutions (Colleges/Universities)
$229
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$99
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REVIEWS  

"Downpour Resurfacing is the most beautiful, positive, thought provoking story of child sexual abuse and the subsequent healing I have ever seen...I strongly recommend it."
Jennifer Rauhouse, CDC Trainer & Consultant for National Sexual Violence Prevention Guidelines; Peer Solutions® Executive Director & Founder

"Offers new possibilities for survivors struggling to understand themselves."
Mitru Ciarlante, Program Director of Teen Victim Initiatives, National Center for Victims of Crime

"Brilliant, thoughtful, and heartrending - Downpour Resurfacing offers a tearing story of drama and the healing rain of wisdom."
Jack Kornfield, Author of "A Path with Heart"

"This film is a keeper: a well-told story, full of fear and horror, yet with the shining, peace-full clarity that comes for those fortunate few who successfully ride out the wretched storm of true self discovery."
Les Blank, Documentary Filmmaker, "Burden of Dreams"

"Filmmaker, psychiatrist capture the poetry of healing - poet, psychiatrist and body-worker speaks in an honest, heartfelt way about his ordeals"
Stan Sinberg
San Francisco Chronicle

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AWARDS / SCREENINGS

  • PBS national broadcast on Independent Lens
  • National Center for Victims of Crime National Conference
  • Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection
  • Best Experimental Documentary, Int. Festival of Cinema and Technology
  • First Place, Experimental Film, Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • Best Experimental Film, New Jersey International Film Festival
  • No Violence Award & Most Promising Filmmaker, Ann Arbor Film Festival and USA Tour
  • Documentary Honorable Mention, Anchorage International Film Festival
  • American Cinematheque
  • Los Angeles Film Festival, plus many more

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