"The Long Walk" & Generational Trauma

 

Mattie Do's latest film "The Long Walk" (2019) follows an old man living by himself off a dusty road. He is accompanied by a ghostly companion who gives him the ability to travel back in time over 50 years. The man uses this to try and prevent his mother's suffering from tuberculosis, but as the story unfolds, he finds that every action has a consequence. I will be discussing how this film does an exceptional job at illustrating how generational trauma and shame manifest themselves in sinister ways. 

Here is the diagram detailing generational trauma that I mentioned: 

As well as some podcast notes: 

- Introduction

- My experience watching

- "The Long Walk" movie summary

- Buddhism in Laos

- Guilt & shame in "The Long Walk"

- Unresolved family issues (the Old Man and his father)

- Generational trauma

    - The Laotian Civil War

    - Tuberculosis

    - Colonialism/white saviorism

- Representation for Asian women in horror

- Closing and thank you!