What 'Magnolia' Says About Childhood Trauma
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.

Between work at a call center, trips to the bar and daily news, nothing is out of place in Marta’s world. Between monotony and a breakdown of reality, an attempt to talk about violence while fleeing it.
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.
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"La Noria" deftly subverts audience expectations as it explores childhood grief, anxieties, and pain. The award-winning short shows us that often our monsters are often sprung from our darkest places.
The actions that Verity confesses to are tragic. But the way to prevent those actions isn’t to force the related emotions into the shadows.
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