Reserved to Fight (2008)
- Directed by
- Chantelle Squires
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows four Marine reservists from one battalion before, during, and after their deployment to Iraq. It shows their return home and the different ways each man adjusts to civilian life, including struggles with posttraumatic stress.
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What happens
Reserved to Fight is a documentary film that follows four Marine Reservists of Fox Company 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines for four years. It documents their deployment, their return home from Iraq combat in May 2003, and their reintegration into civilian life. Their battalion was the first reserve unit activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom. They were also the first to return home. The film deals with the lives of the friends as they come to grips with the harsh reality of reassuming civilian life. Each has a different experience, some dealing with varying degrees of posttraumatic stress disorder. The film is notable for following the first reservists deployed in the Iraq War, and therefore the first of these Marines to begin the reintegration process. Reserved to Fight aired on PBS nationwide in 2008, and has been broadcast in 8 countries and several film festivals. It was screened in various venues across the country: in individual military mental health symposiums, a suicide prevention treatment program by the Montana National Guard, and the University of Utah's soldier integration program. Reserved To Fight was directed and produced by Chantelle Squires of MirrorLake Films. Manju Varghese and Coby Broyles also served as producers, with Sterling Van Wagenen as the executive producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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