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Hope: In the Aftermath of War (2025)
Directed by Daniel L. Bernardi
“After returning from combat, a soldier’s struggle with trauma, addiction, and fractured family ties forces her daughter to confront the quiet war unfolding at home—one that neither of them signed up for but both must survive.”
War, Documentary · 13m
Hope is an intimate portrait of a military family fractured by the invisible wounds of war. At its heart is Catherine, a decorated soldier and mother who returns from deployment profoundly changed—emotionally withdrawn, plagued by guilt, and struggling with addiction. Her daughter, Hope, once protected by her mother's strength, becomes a witness to her unraveling, forced to mature too quickly amid the chaos of relocation, strained family bonds, and a lack of institutional support. As Catherine battles to reintegrate, her marriage collapses, and the military’s absence of post-deployment care deepens her isolation. Her husband leaves, her daughter grows distant, and Catherine is left with the crushing realization that service came at a cost no one prepared her for.
Cast
Catherine Harris
Taryn Hope Harris
Will Harris
Crew
- Director
- Daniel L. Bernardi
- Writer
- Daniel L. Bernardi, Joshua Cardenas
- Director of Photography
- Andrés Gallegos
- Editor
- Joshua Cardenas
- Producer
- Daniel L. Bernardi, Jesse Collier Sutterley
Details
- Release date
- 2025-05-09
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- War, Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Veteran Documentary Corps, El Dorado Films
- Budget
- $50,000