You Arrive
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Based on the extensive career of Montreal therapist and professor Bonnie Harnden, YOU ARRIVE is an educational docu-drama that explores how to break free from the cycles of trauma that impact our lives, our children’s lives, and our relationships. This innovative, experimental genre exposes advanced trauma theory. Bonnie’s real life experiences working with hundreds of families in the emergency room are embodied in the character of a therapist struggling with vicarious trauma. The film represents a cathartic therapy session. As the therapist guides her client, she comes to terms with her own traumatic past, and ultimately realizes she possesses the gift of therapy. The film shares the important message that cycles of inter-generational trauma can be stopped, acknowledged, repaired, and ultimately healed.
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Director Biography
Mark’s premiere feature film, THE WILD HUNT, which he wrote and co-produced, won Best First Canadian Feature Film at TIFF in 2009 and Best Narrative Film at Slamdance in 2010. Mark has written, directed, and produced several short films including Blue Violin, In Faustian Fashion, and Exodus that have premiered on the Bravo network and festivals such as Fantasia. He has written several feature film screenplays – such as VINLAND, a historical drama, which received full development financing from all major Canadian funding agents.
Mark is also an established actor for TV and film. He has performed leading roles in award-winning feature films such as Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Le Cyclotron, and The Wild Hunt. Some of his notable TV appearances include Titans, The Boys, Human Trafficking, and Silent Night.
Based in Montreal, he has a master’s degree in Dramatherapy and, when not developing or producing new projects, he coaches actors and emerging screenwriters.
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Pedagogical value
The content of the film is based on the work Bonnie Harnden (MA, RDT). She was awarded the 2019 President’s Excellence in teaching award for using theatre and film to develop innovative teaching tools. She has researched the use of positive psychology interventions to prevent burnout in front-line mental health workers and has workshopped these interventions at community and educational settings. Her previous work focused on the effects of trauma and its impact on development in children and adults. Her current work focuses on factors that support the resolution of trauma and that create resilience.
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She was awarded the 2017 Research Award from the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) for her play and film You Arrive, based on her therapeutic work and research with suicidal youth at Montreal Children’s Hospital. She is a drama therapist, psychoanalyst, couples and family therapist, and Associate Professor in Concordia University’s Creative Arts Therapies Department. She has developed and is coordinating a new Graduate Certificate in Play Therapy. Bonnie is also a member of the teaching faculty for UCLArts & Healing. The director Mark A.Krupa is a professor at Concordia University’s Theatre Department. The film is used and can be used in a wide range of settings, raising awareness about how to break cycles of inter-generational trauma. It is a proactive tool for educators and mental-health professionals alike. Mark strives to use drama and film to complement pre-existing curricula.
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