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This documentary looks for an answer to the question of why the number of suicides among young American veterans and soldiers of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is so frighteningly high. The filmmakers traveled to Killeen, Texas, home of Fort Hood - the largest Army base in the United States where in 2010, 19 soldiers committed suicide. The kaleidoscopic film consists of interviews with soldiers and family members, sometimes anonymous, who are heard in voice-over while we see close-ups of soldiers in a tattoo shop, heads being shaved at a barbershop and young boys partying before deployment. Signs that read "We support our troops" and "Welcome home, heroes" stand in stark contrast to the reality described by the soldiers. Written by IDFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp1-7AD2uhU
By Jan Haaken professor, clinical psychologist, and filmmaker
MIND ZONE follows
therapists with the 113th Army Combat Stress Control detachment as
they carry out two conflicting missions: protecting soldiers from
battle fatigue and keeping these same soldiers in the fight. With
psychiatric casualties mounting, the United States Army ups the
deployment of mental health detachments to war zones—an
undertaking on a scale previously unimaginable. As the 113th is
deployed to Afghanistan and trains for their dual roles as soldiers
and healers, Colonel David Rabb and his team of therapists are
equipped with a wide arsenal of psychological techniques. But as
they arrive to replace the previous Combat Stress Control unit, they
learn the gravity of the tasks ahead and face daunting challenges in
carrying out their conflicting missions.
http://mindzonemovie.com/
From a snowy small town in Northern
Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, Where Soldiers
Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends,
forever changed by a faraway war.
A film about growing up, Where
Soldiers Come From is an intimate look at the young men who fight
our wars and the families and town they come from. Returning to her
hometown, Director Heather Courtney gains extraordinary access
following these young men as they grow and change from reckless
teenagers, to soldiers looking for roadside bombs in Afghanistan, to
23-year-old veterans dealing with the silent war wounds of Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) and PTSD.
Sir! No Sir! A Film About The Gi Movement Against The War In Vietnam.
This is the story of one of the most vibrant and widespread upheavals of the 1960's–one that had profound impact on American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from the collective memory of that time.
http://www.sirnosir.com/the_film/synopsis.html
ARLINGTON
WEST
is
a 74-minute Art
Film presenting "temporary cemeteries"in the sand,
erected every Sunday by the Veterans
For Peace in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Oceanside, and
Huntington Beach. Flag draped coffins and over 5,500 wooden
crosses, affectionately placed, invites the public to honor the
unacknowledged fallen U.S. soldiers from Iraq & Afghanistan, for
us to lament the cost of the war.
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