ISTOLOGY FILM

Janey locks herself away from a sublime world, hiding an ugly truth just below the surface. Can she be free of the damage she carries, or will the shadow consume her?

Istology, the film shows how Janey operates in the world. The soundtrack to Istology, written by the band Meridian Incident is the emotional undertow she works so hard to hide. Together, they combine to study human connections in the face of PTSD, and they offer a 360 degree view of the life long effects of childhood trauma.

This story is in many ways auto biographical. The author has been diagnosed with PTSD. The way Janey operates in the world is pulled directly from experience. The emotional depth of the album is very much a well the author knows intimately. This is a dramatized version of something very dark and real that sadly is experienced by multitudes of children every year. The goal of the film is to find other survivors and let them know there is hope: “a tiny light grows out of darkness; a chance to be beautiful and free.”