trauma
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In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Despite the trauma, Natalia has also returned to driving, using an adapted mobility car.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Invisible trauma — and recovery through art — is a prominent throughline of the exhibition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Past forced contact with outsiders brought trauma, including disease outbreaks that devastated Indigenous populations lacking immunity.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Kamen could not fathom how Lawrence expected to be immune from courtroom questioning; he supposed, undoubtedly correctly, that Ernest was “not prepared to undergo the trauma of an adversary confrontation.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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