Trauma Is a Time Machine

Trauma is a Time Machine is a 2018 American drama film directed by Angelica Zollo, starring Augie Duke and Gabe Fazio.

Trauma is a Time Machine
Directed by	Angelica Zollo
Written by	Angelica Zollo
Produced by	Derek Shane Garcia Michael Reilly Barrett Rouen Angelica Zollo
Starring	Augie Duke Gabe Fazio
Cinematography	Eric Giovon
Edited by	Thomas M. Vogt
Music by	Brian Lapin Karl Mullarky
Production company	Constantly Curious Productions
Distributed by	Vertical Entertainment
Release dates	6 June 2018 (2018-06-06) (Art of Brooklyn Film Festival) 20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) (US)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Augie Duke as Helen
• Gabe Fazio as Toby
• Elizabeth A. Davis as Georgia
• Robyn Peterson as Woman at the Bus Stop
• Ella Loudon as Joan
• Max Duane as Man One
• Joseph Reiver as Man Two
• Karl Scully as Karl

Release

The film was released on 20 September 2019.^[1]

Reception

Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times wrote that while the narrative was lacking in "structural integrity", Zollo and Duke "create a courageously personal, experimental piece, tapping into a raw emotional state not often rendered on screen with such depth and intelligence."^[2]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that while Duke "delivers a shattering, highly physical performance that fully conveys her character’s complex mixture of anger, depression and disorientation", she is "unable to overcome the film’s inertia and repetitiveness, its vague proceedings stretched out interminably to reach a feature-length running time".^[1]