Synopsis
Director: Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen
Producers: Jessica Anthony, Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
U.S., 108 min
Marcus Capone, Matty Roberts and DJ Shipley are elite and decorated Navy SEALs—highly skilled men who have been trained to endure combat’s most excruciating psychological and physical stresses—and yet, they are completely shattered by their experiences in Afghanistan. When government treatment options fail to address their PTSD, these fighting men embark on a new tour of duty: They travel to Mexico to undertake experimental psychedelic treatments to try to make themselves whole again. Using beautifully expressionistic animated sequences and emotionally powerful interviews, award-winning filmmakers and Doc10 alumni Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen (Athlete A, Audrie & Daisey) chronicle their extraordinary psychic battles, and the surprising light of hope that may exist on the other side. “Heartfelt… intimate… and wrenching” (Variety), In Waves and War is a “compelling [and] meaningful” (Indiewire) emotional drama about the untold promises of science and the fortitude of the human spirit.
