Voodoo Medics

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0h 48m

★ 10.0

Voodoo Medics is an extraordinary video documentary about extraordinary elite Australian combat medics.

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About trauma, resilience and post-traumatic growth in the medics who served with Australia's special forces in Afghanistan. From losing mates in the battlefield to treating horrifically injured Afghan kids in remote surgical theatres.

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Documentary

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