SUWS Of The Carolinas
Old Fort, NC

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SUWS Of The Carolinas
To Host Film Screening

Girl on the Edge
The Altamont on Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Blumenthal Performing Arts - Duke Energy Blackbox Theater on Thursday, August 13, 2015

Wilderness therapy leader, SUWS of the Carolinas, is proud to host two free community screenings of the award winning film Girl on the Edge to benefit the non-profit, Sky's the Limit Fund. Directed by Jay Silverman, Girl on the Edge is based on a true story that follows a young woman who finds healing through the wilderness in the aftermath of a horrific trauma.

Girl on the Edge, a film appropriate for educators, therapists and families alike, will screen at two locations in Western North Carolina, and will be followed by a panel discussion including SUWS of the Carolinas therapist, Trysh Huntington, LMFT, a former student and others.
Watch the Girl on the Edge Trailer www.girlontheedgethemovie.com/home

To Reserve Tickets www.skysthelimitfund.org/girlontheedge


About SUWS of the Carolinas
SUWS of the Carolinas is a short-term, high-impact wilderness therapy program for children and teens ages 10-17. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina, the program uses the outdoors as an alternative to conventional treatment environments, while engaging students using traditional and experiential therapeutic methods.

About Sky's the Limit Fund
Sky's the Limit Fund is a non-profit organization that transforms the lives of at-risk youth by providing grants, support, and hope, through wilderness therapy programs and beyond. STLF partners with wilderness therapy programs across the country to provide financial support to families in need.

Director's Statement
Girl on the Edge is a journey that I embarked on nearly five years ago, one that was fraught with obstacles both anticipated and concrete, and while the final destination was not always certain, it began-oddly enough-with a page from a young woman's diary. The poem written on it in bleak graphite and bleached parchment described a harrowing rape as only a survivor could, and was accompanied by a sketch of a tree, its limbs bare and its bow withered. Though the question of what produced such a beautiful and terrible work from a teenager is ample material for several novels, it wasn't until I learned what became of her afterwards that I was convinced it was a story that deserved to be shared on the big screen.