Award-Winning Film on Women in Combat at JSC

August 25, 2016

The documentary “Poster Girl” will be screened at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, in Room 207 Bentley Hall at Johnson State College. The film will be followed by a discussion with Robynn Murray, the subject of the documentary, and director-producer Sara Nesson.

The event is free and open to the public.

Murray is an Iraq combat veteran. The documentary traces her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder and her involvement with art and poetry to address her PTSD.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 for Best Documentary-Short Subject and that year was selected as the Best Documentary-Short by the International Documentary Association.

For more information, visit http://www.postergirlthemovie.com/.