Summary: There are lots of treatment approaches to overcoming trauma and PTSD. Usually they involve sitting in a practitioner's office and going through repetitive processes to release trapped traumatic energy. And then there's a wholly different way to add power to your process: You could get into the ring and fight it out! On today's episode I spoke with film director, Jill Morley, about her new documentary, "Fight Like A Girl" which takes an inside look at women using boxing to fight the past and empower the present. The film has been shown at many festivals and even won “Best Documentary” at the Other Venice Film Festival. In our conversation Jill and I covered: A summary of the film How Jill decided to make the film Jill's personal PTSD & recovery experience 1 easy way to practice being present any time MEET MY GUEST: Jill Morley just finished the feature doc, “Fight Like A Girl,” about women using boxing to fight their demons and empower themselves. It played at several festivals, winning “Best Documentary” at the Other Venice Film Festival, and was presented with an award from the World Boxing Council for inspiration, education and courage. “Fight Like a Girl” is still in the process of finding distribution. To contribute to the crowdfunding campaign, click here. Jill’s critically acclaimed documentary film, “Stripped” won awards at festivals, ran theatrically in New York and LA, and ran on the Sundance Channel. Other shorts she directed and shot, played festivals such as, AFI, Santa Barbara Film Festival, and the International San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. She worked as a researcher on Davis Guggenheim’s “The Dream Is Now” about immigration reform, and produced/shot “behind the scenes” videos for David La Chapelle and John Byrne. Morley wrote and performed the critically acclaimed play, “True Confessions of a Go-Go Girl,” which was published in “The Best Women’s Plays of 1998,” ran Off Broadway for several years, was performed across the country, including the San Francisco’s “Solo Mio Festival;” and was made into a Lifetime Movie of the Week. A contributing writer to several periodicals including; “The Village Voice,” “Bust Magazine,” and “The New York Press,” she was a producer/correspondent with Michael Moore for “The Awful Truth.” Jill also produced radio documentaries for NPR’s “This American Life” and “The World.” Her short stories and monologues are published in several anthologies, including “True Tales of Lust and Love,” “Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong,” “Ho’s Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys,” and “Honey On a Razor,” Jill is honored to have her monologues published in several monologue collections by Gerald Lee Ratliff along with Arthur Miller, Steve Martin, David Hare,and Wendy Wasserstein. Shooting Ninjas Productions is Jill’s production company. Shooting Ninjas specializes in humanistic documentary style promotional videos for businesses. Some clients are Activision, Gerber, Avon, The US Marine Corps, Mercedes, Time Magazine, and the government of Philadelphia.
