PTSD911 – FREE Documentary Film Event

We are hosting a documentary film viewing and panel discussion of a new documentary called PTSD911. 

The event is free, open to all members of the UMA community and the public. This event is a collaboration between the UMA Mental Health and Human Services Program and Kennebec Behavioral Health. The event sponsors are Kennebec Behavioral Health/Augusta Project Recovery, the UMA-UMF Human Services Training Grant and the UMA Student Government Association (SGA). 

The event is being held in the UMA Farber Forum in Jewett Hall, on the Augusta Campus on Thursday, March 7, 2024. 

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The film will start at 6:30 pm and there will be a panel discussion afterwards with the film’s director, Conrad Weaver, and one of the first responders in the film. There will be people available during showing to support anyone who might be triggered by any of the content presented in the film. This film would be a good learning opportunity for students who plan to work in roles as first responders or who will be collaborating with first responders.

Film description:

First Responders sign up to serve; they risk their lives and their mental health to respond to someone’s worst day. Who will rescue them? PTSD911 is a powerful new documentary film that tells this story from first hand accounts with first responders themselves. PTSD911 is a documentary film about real people: normal, average human beings who have chosen to work in professions that require above average heroism, fortitude, and resolve. These individuals have jobs that require a willingness to face things that most of us can’t even imagine, yet maintain a high level of dignity and professionalism. First responders in fact repeatedly see and experience things that most of us will never see, causing compound issues related to post-traumatic stress injuries and disorders. 

Film Link: https://ptsd911movie.com

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FMI: Wendy St. Pierre (email: wendy.stpierre@maine.edu)

This event is open to anyone who wants to attend (all students, faculty, staff, and the general public).