Press
“With animated sequences and intimate profiles, 'Athlete A' directors Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s latest is another heartfelt look at a pressing social issue.”
“ Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s heartfelt documentary gives new meaning to the term “forever war” by showing the lasting impact that multiple deployments have had on a trio of Navy SEALs still struggling to truly come home years after retiring from the military.”
“The most wrenching sequences in their latest [film] have nothing to do with the medicinal properties of hallucinogens but rather the lived experiences of three vets for whom every other treatment failed.”
A Moving Documentary About Wartime PTSD That Actually Offers Hope
September 2, 2024
“A Moving Documentary About Wartime PTSD That Actually Offers Hope”
“The animation style is fluid and boundary-less, images just made out as they morph into something else: A helicopter hovering over a dusty landscape; a row of SEALs in night vision goggles approaching a target; fire exchanged over a tractor tire. The images are as hazy as memory, and a very effective way of getting inside the heads of these vets…”
The Best of the 2024 Telluride Film Festival
September 3, 2024
“All of a sudden, I was in hyperdrive in different parts of my life.”
– Marcus Capone