Life Overtakes Me

Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or Resignation Syndrome. Facing deportation, they withdraw from the world into a coma-like state, as if frozen, for months, or even years.

Director

Kristine Samuelson,John Haptas

Created by

Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff,Bonni Cohen,Ariane Wu