Let There Be Light

Directed by
John Huston
Duration
58 min.
Year
1946

Commissioned by the U.S. Army, this documentary follows the treatment of soldiers suffering from psychological trauma (then called "psychoneuroses" or "shell shock," now PTSD) in a psychiatric hospital on Long Island. The film depicts therapies (hypnosis, group psychotherapy) and the patients’ progress, as well as the stigma and challenges of their reintegration. Censored for 35 years by the military, it was only released to the public in 1980.

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