Touched

Name: Touched
Director: Laurel Chiten
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-02-20
Cast: John E. Mack, Karin Austin, Peter Faust, Jamy Faust, Arnold Relman

A documentary about people who think they've had contact with aliens, and the Harvard psychiatrist who believes them

2003 · 65 min · Documentary

The alien abduction phenomenon, told by those who experienced it, with the weight of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard psychiatrist at their back.

Directed by Laurel Chiten

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John E. Mack Self
Karin Austin Self
Peter Faust Self
Jamy Faust Self
Arnold Relman Self
Laurel Chiten Self
Wendy Kaminer Self
Patrick Harpur Self
Corrado Balducci Self (as Monsignor Balducci)
Alan Dershowitz Self
Gilda Moura Self
Marco Antonio Cabral Self

Make it a double feature

3h 30m together

Touched

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A close match in mood and era.

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