Where Soldiers Come From (2011)

Directed by

Heather Courtney

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of young men from a small Michigan town who join the Army National Guard. It shows their deployment to Afghanistan and the challenges they face after returning home.

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What happens

Where Soldiers Come From is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Heather Courtney. The film is an intimate look at a group of young American men who join the Michigan Army National Guard, their families, and the town they come from. Director Heather Courtney follows these young men closely, as they transition from small town teenagers to Army guardsmen during the war in Afghanistan. Their story continues to follow the 23-year-old veterans dealing with the less visible wounds of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and PTSD. It premiered at South by Southwest festival, where it won the best documentary editing award. In 2012, the film won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story (Long Form), as well as the Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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