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Trauma Mines

Wes Evans Heidenreich
United States, 2025, 12 min.

In English.
Includes violence and adult language.

Two down and out filmmakers pursue a true crime story no matter who it hurts.

Director's Statement

I have mixed feelings on the true crime genre, there’s incredible investigative journalism that has done what good journalism should do: challenge the system and those with power while being informative to viewers and promoting introspection. Projects like In the Dark, and Thin Blue Line spring to mind. However, there seems to be another approach, one that aims at titillation and exploitation. A cheap route for storytellers to mine tragedy and regurgitate trauma in lieu of the hard work it takes to craft a new original story. My goal with Trauma Mines is to provoke conversation and introspection.

Category: Dark Comedy, Short.

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