thistlec
04-05-2007, 03:23 PM
Attached is a short trailer for this movie.
screening info and more details http://www.iamanamericansoldier.com
This is the inside story of what happens to a company of American soldiers - ninety-two air assault troopers from the 101st Airborne Division - who are sent to fight, suffer and try to survive a full year's tour of duty in Iraq. From the final stages of their training and farewells at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, through their deployment to Baghdad, Samarra and Tikrit, and then the return home to their loved ones, this is a truly searching examination of the combat, the life and death struggles, and the profound changes in the lives of professional soldiers who set out with hope and confidence of making a difference in Iraq.
One of the heroes of the film is Brian Little, a New York City police officer who risked his life for the people of Samarra every day for a year in his work as a National Guard soldier and police officer.
The British/American filmmakers were given unprecedented access to the soldiers for fourteen months: from September, 2005 to November, 2006, and accompanied them into the most dangerous places. The result is a feature film that examines the Iraq War with ruthless scrutiny, with honesty and fairness, and reveals courage of an uncommon kind.
This raw, uncompromising investigation into the war in Iraq follows an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division through fourteen months at home and at war.
Before they leave Fort Campbell, hundreds of soldiers shout “Hoo-ah” in response to their brigade commander's dramatic war speech in which he tells them to "look like a killer" at all times in Iraq. The film begins by demonstrating the lethal force of America’s best-trained soldiers.
But that is not how the rest of the story unfolds.
The soldiers of Charlie Troop find it increasingly difficult to carry out their mission in a hostile environment, full of deception and danger. A carefully-planned attempt to destroy a team of insurgents who are firing rockets and mortars at them, the troops are sabotaged by the over-protective actions of a sister unit. Despite vigilant surveillance work, superior weapons and training, and all the energy of their warrior natures, the soldiers are thrown into an impossible mission.
This is a film about young men and their commanders who prepare in earnest for their duty, how they understand what they are meant to do in Iraq, and how - through their experiences in Samarra, Baghdad and Tikrit - dramatic changes take place in their perspectives.
It is about a soldier who fights for his life when his humvee is destroyed by insurgents. It is about a specialist who shoots up a car full of people who later turn out to be innocent civilians. It is about mothers and young wives, gathered at a military funeral for the 18 soldiers killed in action in Iraq, mourning their lost sons and husbands.
This is their story, narrated by the soldiers and their families. It provides the most revealing, in-depth look inside the U.S. Army at war ever produced.
The British/American camera team of John Laurence, David Green, Andy Thompson and John Callam-Anderson work for vérité films limited, a documentary production company in the United Kingdom.
Between them, Laurence, Green and Thompson have covered more than thirty wars since Vietnam in 1965, and have won every major award in broadcast journalism in the United States
screening info and more details http://www.iamanamericansoldier.com
This is the inside story of what happens to a company of American soldiers - ninety-two air assault troopers from the 101st Airborne Division - who are sent to fight, suffer and try to survive a full year's tour of duty in Iraq. From the final stages of their training and farewells at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, through their deployment to Baghdad, Samarra and Tikrit, and then the return home to their loved ones, this is a truly searching examination of the combat, the life and death struggles, and the profound changes in the lives of professional soldiers who set out with hope and confidence of making a difference in Iraq.
One of the heroes of the film is Brian Little, a New York City police officer who risked his life for the people of Samarra every day for a year in his work as a National Guard soldier and police officer.
The British/American filmmakers were given unprecedented access to the soldiers for fourteen months: from September, 2005 to November, 2006, and accompanied them into the most dangerous places. The result is a feature film that examines the Iraq War with ruthless scrutiny, with honesty and fairness, and reveals courage of an uncommon kind.
This raw, uncompromising investigation into the war in Iraq follows an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division through fourteen months at home and at war.
Before they leave Fort Campbell, hundreds of soldiers shout “Hoo-ah” in response to their brigade commander's dramatic war speech in which he tells them to "look like a killer" at all times in Iraq. The film begins by demonstrating the lethal force of America’s best-trained soldiers.
But that is not how the rest of the story unfolds.
The soldiers of Charlie Troop find it increasingly difficult to carry out their mission in a hostile environment, full of deception and danger. A carefully-planned attempt to destroy a team of insurgents who are firing rockets and mortars at them, the troops are sabotaged by the over-protective actions of a sister unit. Despite vigilant surveillance work, superior weapons and training, and all the energy of their warrior natures, the soldiers are thrown into an impossible mission.
This is a film about young men and their commanders who prepare in earnest for their duty, how they understand what they are meant to do in Iraq, and how - through their experiences in Samarra, Baghdad and Tikrit - dramatic changes take place in their perspectives.
It is about a soldier who fights for his life when his humvee is destroyed by insurgents. It is about a specialist who shoots up a car full of people who later turn out to be innocent civilians. It is about mothers and young wives, gathered at a military funeral for the 18 soldiers killed in action in Iraq, mourning their lost sons and husbands.
This is their story, narrated by the soldiers and their families. It provides the most revealing, in-depth look inside the U.S. Army at war ever produced.
The British/American camera team of John Laurence, David Green, Andy Thompson and John Callam-Anderson work for vérité films limited, a documentary production company in the United Kingdom.
Between them, Laurence, Green and Thompson have covered more than thirty wars since Vietnam in 1965, and have won every major award in broadcast journalism in the United States