Film

Games You Can't Win

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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0h 8m

2016

“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.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

David Osit

Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Documentary

depressioncancerchild cancertransgendervideo games

Cast & Crew

Ryan Green

as Self

Amy Green

as Self

Matt Gilgenbach

as Self

Anna Anthropy

as Self

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