To help get the holidays started, we are cracking opening the vaults here at Man Bites Dog Films and taking you back to 2008 with this original song by George Gloucester, aka Long Island George, a New Yorker and Vietnam Vet. I filmed this with P.G. Banker in Charleston, WV, while we were making the documentary "Toxic Soup." We went back to George's apartment after several libations at the Empty Glass to hear the new Christmas song that he had written. Not sure what its official title is, but it will break your little feckin Christmas heart. [vimeo id="55043315" width="560" height="340"]
Virtual Iraq Redux
After a two week delay due to Hurricane Sandy, the audience voting period has begun for the Focus Forward Filmmaking Competition. Below you can vote for our three minute documentary "Virtual Iraq Redux" as it is currently in competition for the audience favorite award. Of the 2.3 million U.S. military personnel who have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, studies estimate that as many as 460,000 suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder on returning home. The innovative virtual reality clinical therapy for PTSD developed by Dr. Skip Rizzo at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies leverages computer and gaming technologies in novel ways to increase accessibility and acceptability, as well as extend the overall effectiveness of treatment beyond current conventional exposure therapy with highly promising results. [vimeo id="51854471" width="560" height="340"]