Jennifer Hudson Explores PTSD in 'Call Me Crazy'

Jennifer Hudson gives a powerful performance as Maggie in Lifetime's Call Me Crazy: A Five Film -- which uses an ensemble cast to tell five different stories of what happens when a loved one struggles with mental illness -- in which she plays a female veteran struggling with posttraumatic stress disorder.

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But in this clip from the film, Hudson finds out that she's not the only one affected by mental illness -- her lawyer Lucy (Brittany Snow) admits a surprising struggle of her own.

Check out the clip for a touching look at the two ladies' connection.

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Also starring Chelsea Handler, Octavia Spencer, Melissa Leo, Modern Family's Sarah Hyland and more, Call Me Crazy: A Five Film will make its world premiere on Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.