Marco Ciardullo

It’s 2008, and one high school grad is out for revenge. A year after a mysterious tragedy in a small town, friends reunite and party. Haunted by their reputations, one by one they’ll all get what’s coming for them. Whether it kills them or not.

Using poetry, interviews with psychologists and survivors, and corporeal imagery, Broca is an experimental documentary hybrid that explores how the mind-body connection is altered after trauma. The Broca’s Area in the brain is involved primarily in speech production. During a traumatic event or when trying to recall a traumatic event, this area shuts down. This makes it harder for a survivor to talk about what’s happened. Our project is an experimental documentary hybrid that offers a platform for survivors to tell their stories both verbally and non-verbally.

A young professional brings her boyfriend on a work trip to Buenos Aires. Their identities and love for each other are challenged when her boyfriend romantically engages with a Gaucho.