Film
Games You Can't Win
2016 · 8m · Documentary
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.
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Overview
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.
Cast
Crew
- Malika Zouhali-WorrallDirector
- David OsitDirector
Details
- Release date
- March 17, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Documentary
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