Where soldiers come from / Quincy Hill Films + ITVS present ; in association with American Documentary/POV ; a film by Heather Courtney ; directed and produced by Heather Courtney.

Austin, TX : Quincy Hill Films, LLC ; San Francisco, CA : ITVS, 2011.

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Includes public performance rights.

In Michigan's snowy Upper Peninsula, job opportunities are few, and friends are usually for life. For Dominic Fredianelli and his high school buddies, joining the National Guard offered a $20,000 windfall and assistance with college tuition--all for only one weekend a month. Little did they know. This documentary follows three of these young men over four eventful years: through basic training and a 2009 deployment to an explosives unit in Afghanistan; to visits with their families while they are overseas; and the rocky return home, without commentary. Focusing on the reverberations of war in small, close-knit communities the film offers a commentary on class, as the real cost of distant political decisions are illuminated, as well as the shame of a country with little to offer its less fortunate young people than a ticket to a battlefield.

POV (Television program)

Images / Video & Film

English

January 22, 2018

Edited by Kyle Henry, Heather Courtney ; cinematography by Heather Courtney, Justin Hennard ; consulting producers Paul Stekler, Marcy Garriott ; executive producers, Sally Jo Fifer, Simon Kilmurry.

Edited by Kyle Henry, Heather Courtney. Cinematography by Heather Courtney, Justin Hennard. Consulting Producers Paul Stekler, Marcy Garriott. Co-Produced by Megan Gilbride, David Hartstein. Directed and produced by Heather Courtney.

DVD, NTSC.