PBS’ POV Special Veterans Day Broadcast
“From a snowy, small town in northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends who join the National Guard after graduating from high school. As it chronicles the young men’s transformation from restless teenagers to soldiers looking for roadside bombs to 23-year-old combat veterans trying to start their lives again, the film offers an intimate look at the young Americans who fight our wars, the families and towns they come from — and the way one faraway conflict changes everything. A co-production of Quincy Hill Films and ITVS in association with American Documentary | POV, with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (90 minutes)”
Where Soldiers Come From – New HD Trailer from Heather Courtney on Vimeo.
Caveat: I can’t say I care much for the way PBS has treated vets in the past, but that was then… this is now.
Category: Geezer Alert!
Awesome…looks like good work. Some of the best documentaries and portraits of veterans have come from unlikely sources.
The odds are that even a blind squirrel will find a nut in the forest . . once.
Ditto for PBS doing a good job on vets . . once.
I’m getting tired of this Vets as victims line. Combat sucks ass doesn’t matter what war. Is it so hard to believe in Nobility of the warrior, and not turn every soldier into a god damned victim of this or that?