Great job! You found yourself some terrific spokespersons for breaking the taboos on PTSD and I think your "interview technique" allowed them to testify in great dignity. One minor (personal) issue for me is where the background music is a little too present (too long) and if not quite distracting (for the narrative remains compelling) still a little superfluous. But this may be suitable for American audiences (I speak as a European).
Look forward to your next film, but I can't imagine there will be one soon, for I can well see all of those hundred hours it takes to make something like this (if not more if we include the research for the great additional inserts found in all sorts of archives, no doubt).
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Thank you for taking the time to watch the film and I am glad that you enjoyed it. I agree that at some points the music does get a bit loud. I tried lowering the music and had some people watch it with the music lowered, but they felt that the music got their blood pumping and got them more engaged in the story when it was up a little more. With the music lower, it did not have the feeling I was going for when I scored the music for the film.
I am planning more films right now, but they will not be of this magnitude for a while. My next big one I have planned will probably be in about a year when I return to Africa and start filming for a documentary of the people there.