Healing
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Heroes Dive
Brett Wheat / Adventure, Healing, Local Film Showcase, New Mission / USA / 2017 / documentary / 12 mins
Five paralyzed veterans attempt an open ocean dive that changes their perceptions of who they are and what they can do.Precedes: Kilimanjaro Warriors: A Monumental Goal for Recovery
Precedes:
Kilimanjaro Warriors: A Monumental Goal for Recovery
UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
September 29, 2018 10:00 am
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Kilimanjaro Warriors: A Monumental Goal for Recovery
Bevan Bell / Adventure, Healing, Post 9/11 / USA / 2015 / documentary / 95 mins
In February 2014, a group of amputee military veterans set forth on a monumental goal for physical and spiritual recovery: they would train and climb the world's tallest free-standing mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro (19341ft) in Tanzania, Africa.Preceded by: Heroes Dive
Kilimanjaro Warriors: A Monumental Goal for Recovery
UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
September 29, 2018 10:00 am
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Let It Go
Stephanie Heim / Healing, Marines, Women Filmmaker, Local Film Showcase, Women in Service / USA / 2018 / narrative / 4 mins
A Marine deals with loss.
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Film Block: Life After Service
Arts, Families in Service, Healing, Post 9/11
This film pairing features stories post-service journey of healing and recovery. This film block includes "We Are Not Done Yet" and "The Weight of Honor".In This Program: We Are Not Done Yet, The Weight of Honor
Film Block: Life After Service
UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
September 29, 2018 1:00 pm
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Lion in a Box
Melanie Brown / Healing, Military Sexual Trauma, Animation, Student Film, Women Filmmaker, Post 9/11, Women in Service / USA / 2017 / narrative / 4 mins
"Lion in a Box" is an experimental film that elucidates the margins of sacrifice and combat.This first person documentary recounts one woman's military training, and the battles she endured to achieve her goals.
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Selected Shorts and Local Films
Families in Service, Healing, Latinx, Marines, Student Film, Post 9/11, Local Film Showcase
Many of the films in this collection feature San Diego area filmmakers, events, people, or places.In This Program: Hotflakes, Satellite Drop, The Dark Resurgence, Safe with Me, G.I. José, Lion in a Box, Popcorn & Chocolate, Let It Go
Selected Shorts and Local Films
Museum of Photographic Arts
September 28, 2018 8:15 pm
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Popcorn & Chocolate
Cathrine Hatcher / Families in Service, Healing, Post 9/11 / USA / 2018 / narrative / 15 mins
A tenacious middle school band student selling fundraisers helps a grief stricken military family recover from their loss.
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Surviving Home
Matthew Moul and Jillian Moul / Healing, Military Sexual Trauma, Post 9/11, LGBTQ+, New Mission, Women in Service, Vietnam War, Bridging Generations / USA / 2017 / documentary / 85 mins
"Surviving Home" is an intimate documentary that follows four U.S. military veterans from different generations over an eight year period as they rebuild their lives after war.Surviving Home
UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
September 29, 2018 3:30 pm
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Trauma
Harry Sanna / Healing, Post 9/11 / USA / 2017 / documentary / 87 mins
After saving lives on the battlefields of Afghanistan, members of a medevac unit return home to their families, each wounded in different ways.Preceded by: Do No Harm
Trauma
UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
September 30, 2018 3:00 pm
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We Are Not Done Yet
Sareen Hairabedian / Arts, Healing, Women Filmmaker, Post 9/11 / USA / 2018 / documentary / 40 mins
Ten U.S. veterans of varied backgrounds come together at a poetry workshop to combat their traumatic military pasts through the art of written word.Precedes: The Weight of Honor
Plays In:
Film Block: Life After Service
UltraStar Cinemas at Hazard Center
September 29, 2018 1:00 pm
