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Games You Can't Win

"A​ transgender woman, a sufferer of severe mental illness​, and the parents of a child with cancer transform their experiences into intensely personal video games."

2016-03-17 en 8m
Documentary
Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most intimate or traumatic personal experiences through artful, documentary-style video games. Using a combination of intimate verité footage and video capture from the games, the short film tells the stories of three developer and the personal experiences that inspired their game.

Director

Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Director

David Osit

depression cancer child cancer transgender video games

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Chicken & Egg Films

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