INDUCED AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION
a revolutionary healing therapy for post traumatic stress disorder and grief

MOTIVATION & INTENTION FOR THE FILM

For eight years, Dr. Allan Botkin has been treating patients at a Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Chicago with a new technology that he discovered and trademarked called Induced After Death Communication (IADC)—a treatment he refined while searching for a way to help his patients, primarily Vietnam Vets, who were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). IADC therapy incorporates eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), a widely used and proven method of treating PTSD. IADC is breakthrough therapy that emerged out of EMDR. It’s a technique that induces Rapid Eye Movement (REM) like state in people who are awake. When this state is reached, Dr. Botkin’s patients report seeing and conversing with a deceased loved one or in the case of the Vets, a fellow soldier or enemy killed in battle. As a result of IADC therapy, patients universally feel lighter, as if the weight of all they have felt has been lifted from their shoulders. For many of these patients intense grieving subsides in one or two sessions and the fear of death no longer exists.

The documentary film, AFTER THE WAR is about people who have experienced radical healing from post-traumatic stress disorder, grief and trauma through Dr. Botkin’s revolutionary discovery of IADC therapy. Dr. Botkin and his patients have opened up a new way of thinking about death, based on continuing scientific study and the true life experiences depicted in Dr. Allan Botkin’s new book, Induced After Death Communication:  A New Therapy for Healing Grief & Trauma,

The film will unfold in a variety of ways. The main story will be told through the experiences of Dr. Botkin and his patients.   In addition, interviews with other scientists and psychologists will explore after death communication (ADC) and illustrate the techniques used to authenticate these events like double-blind experiments.

Our film, AFTER THE WAR is a timely counterpart to the entertainment industry’s current obsession with metaphysics, supernatural and paranormal experiences. This is a true story about hope, forgiveness, long-term healing, and sometimes, spiritual transformation. It is our hope the film will increase awareness of EMDR and the revolutionary new therapy for PTSD, Induced After Death Communication (IADC). It is our intention as filmmakers to awaken our country to the great need for this therapy, especially in the wake of our returning military from Iraq. IADC therapy has already healed over 3,000 people and is available for the hundreds of thousands of human beings currently grieving and surviving trauma.

AFTER THE WAR will ask us to tap into the deepest parts of our humanity and will raise awareness for the great need to assist an estimated 435,000 returning soldiers from Iraq suffering from PSTD. It will challenge our intellect and our personal beliefs about metaphysics, science, spirituality, religion, and death.

 

Production Team

Patrick C Wells - Producer

Film Credits

Producer/Line Producer  THE PERSONALS – Developed, produced and line produced this critically acclaimed feature, distributed worldwide by New World Pictures in 1982.  Raised all of the investment capital to create this award-winning, sophisticated comedy on a budget of $425,000 in 1980-81 in Minneapolis. Excellent reviews in Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice, Variety and Hollywood Reporter.

Producer/Line Producer  YOUNGBLOOD – Developed, produced and line produced this very profitable feature film, distributed worldwide by United Artists in 1986, starring Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze.  With director Peter Markle, discovered Keanu Reeves, who received his first main title credit on this film. The film was completed on budget in Toronto, Canada in 1984-85 for the nominal cost of $5 million. Domestic box office gross exceeded $25 million; worldwide gross of over $45 million. Peter Guber executive produced.

Co-Producer  I LOVE YOU TO DEATH – Acquired true story rights, developed and co-produced this black comedy starring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt, River Phoenix, Joan Plowright and Keanu Reeves.  Budget $22 million, directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Tri-Star Pictures released the film in April 1990.  Received excellent reviews.

Line Producer  THE CELLAR – $1.8 million fantasy-horror feature film shot on location in Tucson, Arizona in 1988-89 for Indian Neck Entertainment.  Distributed by The Movie Store in 1990.  Completed on budget and on schedule even though the director had to be replaced after the first week of production.

Producer/Line Producer HERMAN USA– domestic title, TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE, foreign title.  Developed, produced and line produced this independent feature starring 1981 Oscar nominee Michael O'Keefe, 1998 Tony nominee Enid Graham, and 2000/2001 Tony nominee Kevin Chamberlin.  Raised investment capital of $5.0 million for this poignant romantic comedy.  Production completed in Minneapolis in 1999.  All foreign rights sold to Porchlight Entertainment. Coordinated a theatrical distribution using a local booker and PR agent instead of a distribution company.  Supervised final edit, cutting 25 minutes from an over-long director’s cut. The film opened in 56 theaters in the upper Midwest and played out in 125 theaters. Domestic theatrical release occurred only three days after 9/11, with understandable effect.

Associate Producer  HONOR BOUND – Optioned the book and developed this $12 million spy thriller starring Tom Skerritt.  Produced by Filmaccord/Lampoon in 1990.

               Producer AT JESUS’ SIDE; a spiritual action adventure. It could be described as THE LION KING meets BEN HUR. Fundraising is complete and production began on February 11, 2005 for AT JESUS’ SIDE. The movie will be completed by the end of 2007.

CRAIG RICE - Director

Craig Rice is an award-winning producer and director, and is nationally recognized for his distinguished career in the television and film industry. His work has been nominated for four Emmy Awards, an NAACP Award, and several other honors.

Rice recently served as Executive director of the Minnesota Film and TV Board as well as serving as the Executive Producer for Nationally syndicated series Million Dollar Idea. In addition to his work with Million Dollar Idea, he recently produced a 90-minute PBS variety show A The Prairie Home Companion 30th, and he is also co-producing and directing a documentary on the life and works of designer/artist Michael Graves. 

In addition, Rice recently served as director and executive producer for the feature length documentary Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks for HBO, which was nominated for three Emmy awards, a NAACP Image Award, and was selected to the Museum of Television and Radio in the year 2000.  The documentary won the Tree of Life Award from The Friends of the Motion Picture Academy and has been selected for dozens of festivals.

Other accomplishments include serving as the Director of Paisley Park Enterprises, Inc., producing several full-length films for Prince including Graffiti Bridge.  He also managed and worked with a number of international recording artists including Bobby Brown, Taj Mahal, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Alexander O’Neal.  Rice has also directed dozens of music videos with artists including Prince, Patti LaBelle and Sounds of Blackness.

During his career as a documentary producer and director, he has been involved in documentaries such as Funkytown, Ingrid Chavez: Artist, Bobby: Bobby Brown, Art Pepper: Notes From a Jazz Survivor, Prince, the ABC television special We Teach Our Children and Our Sacred Land with Chris Spotted Eagle for PBS.

As a commercial producer and award-winning director, Rice has helmed commercials for clients such as Amoco, Nike, Target, Kraft, the United Way, McDonald’s and the Partnership for Drug Free America.

Rice’s film career began as an assistant director on feature films including Purple Rain and Brother From Another Planet, as a production assistant for ABC Wide World of Sports in New York.  Rice holds a Production Degree from the University of Southern California Cinema Department.  While a student there, Rice received an Emmy nomination for We Teach Our Children.  Rice also attended the Minneapolis College of Art & Design and the University of Minnesota with a Film/Photography and Theatre Major.

Beth Pacunas - Writer

Beth Pacunas is an award-winning director/producer/writer.  With a wide-ranging list of credits, she brings her unique storytelling style to independent film projects, television, advertising, community outreach, fundraising, and awareness campaigns for charitable organizations around the world.

In 2005, Pacunas completed the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women where she directed her first narrative short entitled “Natural Born Salesman”.  She is currently writing, directing, and producing for The History Channel as well as in production on a feature documentary entitled “Deceit”.

Her past achievements include the documentary “Fluid Movement” which screened at SilverDocs film festival sponsored by AFI and Discovery Networks in Washington, D.C., The IFP Market and The Sundance Channel's Buzz Cuts Short Film Showcase in New York, the Maryland Film Festival and PBS’ Independent Eye.  Previously, she earned a World Gold Medal at The New York Festivals with her documentary short “The Baltimore Italian Film Festival”.

Pacunas began her career while in college as the Director of Cultural Attractions at the University of Maryland spearheading a student run program that offered the Washington D.C. area a unique calendar of events ranging from The Grateful Dead and The American Ballet Theater to Merce Cunningham Dance and Shirley Caesar. 

Her career in television began in the news department of the NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida.  There she earned recognition for marketing and on-air promotions and began to develop a unique personal style that would pave the way for a diverse career.  Pacunas was the broadcast producer for GKV, Advertising where she was part of a creative team that consistently developed outstanding campaigns winning Clios and New York Art Director’s awards.  Since 1992, she has been an independent producer/director/writer under the company name Bettyrocks, LLC. 

Pacunas has created over 120 short documentaries, PSA’s, and non-fiction spots for charitable organizations and corporations such as Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, The Red Cross, American Heart Association, and Habitat for Humanity.  She has produced for The Today Show, Nightly News, and the Freddie Award winning national PBS series, “Health Diary”.