April 14, 2005
Source: VNIS (Veterans News and Information Service)
A new documentary film, "Voices in Wartime", focuses on the firsthand experience of war and its aftermath. It was produced in tandem with another short film, "Beyond Wartime", designed to help communities understand and heal the traumas caused by war. Read more...
http://www.vnis.com/story.cfm?textnewsid=1459
The two films also focus on veterans' families and friends, many of whom experienced the pain of war indirectly through its effects on their loved ones. Poet Emily Warn recalled growing up with her dad, who participated in D-Day as a U.S. paratrooper.
"He was a war hero and the rest of his life he suffered from being a war hero," she says. "He drank a lot. He fought a lot. He was unable to hold down a job, and the marriage ended when I was quite young. He died at the age of 53 walking home from a tavern and he was found in a snowdrift the following day."
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Two New Films Examine Trauma of War and Healing
Posted - April 16 2005 : 8:01:39 PM
