ALICIA - Episode 1

Seven years earlier, an 18 year old woman, ALICIA was seriously injured in a car accident. It was her brain rather than her body which suffered. This documentary tells the story of her long journey of recovery. Not content with just regaining a 'normal life', Alicia pursues her original dreams of becoming an actress. Through Beth, the main character from Sam Shepard's play 'A Lie of the Mind', Alicia is able to express the common experiences of brain injury, her alienation from society for being different and her lack of inhibitions.

Flashbacks, dreams, Alicia's video diary, interviews told with heart and extraordinary honesty by her family, friends, medical practitioners, healers and theatre colleagues; all contribute to unmask and reveal the many faces of Alicia and explores the issues confronting everyone involved with acquired brain injury. ( http://www.stellamotion.com.au ) - Episode at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqagX-CoNtY

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Alicia
• brain injury
• damage
• documentary
• stella motion pictures
• theatre
• Sam Shepard
• TBI recovery

[NicoleWg9]

When will there be more???? What is her specific brain injury type? Thank you so much for this, my son has diffuse axonal injury with shearing from a car accident, and has dramatically improved over the last 3 years. Stories like this one give me a lot of hope!