GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF NORTH AMERICAN THEATRICAL/TVOD DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY HERE. IS. BETTER.
POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY INTERWEAVES THE INSPIRING STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN VETERANS OVERCOMING PTSD WITH GROUNDBREAKING TREATMENTS AND BRINGING HOPE TO MILLIONS.
Greenwich Entertainment announced today the acquisition of North American theatrical and TVOD distribution rights to HERE. IS. BETTER, the award-winning documentary film with unprecedented access inside therapy sessions of men and women Veterans battling posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The film premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival and has gone on to pick up accolades across the country on the festival circuit.
Greenwich will release the film in theaters on June 23, 2023, with a VOD release to follow on all major platforms timed to National PTSD Awareness Day on June 27, 2023.
Dominic Patten of Deadline Hollywood called the documentary: “One of the most moving films I have seen in years, documentary or otherwise.”
A soldier’s story is always personal, but never more than in HERE. IS. BETTER. This powerful feature length documentary offers a uniquely hopeful and impactful perspective on a rising mental health crisis in America. Every year, nearly 13 million adults suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the U.S. alone. Veterans are up to three times more likely to have PTSD than civilians.
HERE. IS. BETTER. follows four of these Veterans, each with diverse backgrounds and service experience, as they undergo the most clinically effective, evidence-based trauma psychotherapies for PTSD. Individuals featured in the film include former presidential hopeful Jason Kander, who shocked many when he left the Kansas City mayoral race in 2018 to seek treatment; a Vietnam War Veteran still haunted by events that occurred over 50 years ago; and the voices of so often overlooked women Veterans, all seeking the keys to unlock their places of hurt and pain.
With unprecedented access to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, HERE. IS. BETTER. interweaves these inspiring stories of men and women Veterans overcoming the debilitating effects of PTSD with treatments that can work, bringing hope to millions.
“The struggles of four former US military service members haunted by traumatic memories, years and sometimes decades after the events, becomes a dramatic, cathartic and hopeful story in the hands of Jack Youngelson and his team as we see the Vets gradually respond to the surprisingly efficacious treatments that have only recently begun to provide relief from PTSD with vast implications for not just Veterans of past and future wars but anyone suffering from the psychological aftermath of trauma,” suggests Greenwich co-president Edward Arentz.
HERE. IS. BETTER. is directed by Emmy Award-winner Jack Youngelson, produced by Emmy Award-winner Sian Edwards-Beal and David Beal of Green Hummingbird Entertainment, and co-produced by Chloe Hall. The film is edited by Karen K. H. Sim with cinematography by Daniel Carter. It features a score composed by David Baron and Jeremiah Fraites of the GRAMMY-nominated band The Lumineers, an original song by Josin, and an original end credit song by David Kushner and Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers.
ABOUT GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT
Founded in 2017, Greenwich Entertainment is an independent film distribution company specializing in distinctive, theatrical-quality narrative and documentary features. Past Greenwich releases include the arthouse hits Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice from Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman; Andrew Slater’s Echo in the Canyon; Isabel Coixet’s The Bookshop starring Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy; and Madeleine Olnek’s Spirit Award nominee Wild Nights with Emily starring Molly Shannon. In 2018 Greenwich’s theatrical release of National Geographic’s Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo by Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi’s earned $17 million in North American box office. Greenwich is led by an experienced management team that has overseen more than 200 theatrical releases generating over $125 million at the US box office and garnering 8 Academy Award Nominations and 2 Oscar Wins. www.GreenwichEntertainment.com
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