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A Life of Honor
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A Life of Honor
Directed by Richard O'Connor
When Joseph Patton joined the Navy in 1955, at a time when LGBTQ community members could not be…
Black Voices
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DEIB
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LGTBQIA+
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Resilience
Black Uniform
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Black Uniform
Directed by Robert Darwell
12 Black veterans, serving between WWII to present day, share their heartfelt perspectives on what it felt like…
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Student Film
Cheddar
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Cheddar
Directed by Ryan Murtha
Scott’s night is thrown into chaos when an alien spaceship crash lands into his proposal picnic.
Friendship
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Made by or Starring Military or Veterans
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New Director
Cinemeta
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Cinemeta
Directed by James Arterberry
Two military veterans turned amateur filmmakers embark upon a mission to produce the perfect, festival-worthy, short film.
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Student Film
Documentary Shorts: Veterans, Allies, and Caregivers
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Documentary Shorts: Veterans, Allies, and Caregivers
This collection of documentary shorts explore personal stories of veterans and those that care for them.
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Documentary Shorts: Wars in Asia
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Documentary Shorts: Wars in Asia
Three documentary shorts reveal personal perspectives from veterans serving in WWII, post-Korea War, and Vietnam and uncover forgotten…
Global War on Terrorism
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Healing
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PTS
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Final Fight: When the Trauma of War Comes Home
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Final Fight: When the Trauma of War Comes Home
Directed by Frances Causey
Final Fight: When the Trauma of War Comes Home” goes deeper than any documentary to date in revealing…
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Army
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DEIB
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Friendship
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Global War on Terrorism
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Interpreters Wanted
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Interpreters Wanted
Directed by Robert Ham
“Interpreters Wanted” follows Afghani brothers from their childhood growing up during the Russian/Afghan war, through the Taliban era,…
Army
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Asian American Stories
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Friendship
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LGTBQIA+
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New Director
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Vietnam War
Jimmy in Saigon
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Jimmy in Saigon
Directed by Peter McDowell
One filmmaker's journey to get to know his brother - a veteran of the Vietnam War - and…
Afghanistan War
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Global War on Terrorism
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JULIAN: a Jiu Jitsu Story
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JULIAN: a Jiu Jitsu Story
Directed by Max Bloom
A double amputee Marine fights to not only regain his physical strength but also overcome the mental trauma…
Army
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Local
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Made by or Starring Military or Veterans
Long Live Xander the Great
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Long Live Xander the Great
Directed by Devin Scott
Jordan looks back on his childhood and comes to the realization, as we all do, that his parents…
Afghanistan Perspectives
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Afghanistan War
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Army
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DEIB
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Friendship
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Global War on Terrorism
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Student Film
MORE THAN BROTHERS
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MORE THAN BROTHERS
Directed by Andrea von Siebenthal
Two Green Berets race against time to save the Afghans who kept them safe during their deployments.
Army
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DEIB
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Friendship
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Homelessness
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International
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LGTBQIA+
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Narrative Shorts
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Narrative Shorts
This collection of narrative shorts explores a range of human emotions and cinematic styles, from futuristic animation to…
Afghanistan War
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DEIB
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Global War on Terrorism
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Healing
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USMC
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Make Peace or Die
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Make Peace or Die
Directed by Manny Marquez
Upon returning home, a USMC veteran makes it his mission to help Gold Star families find healing, and…
Army
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LGTBQIA+
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Made by or Starring Military or Veterans
Peanut Butter Shot
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Peanut Butter Shot
Directed by Paige Compton
A young Army sergeant daydreams about a magical love. Hesitation, bad timing, and an over-zealous doctor leave the…
Local
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Navy
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Resilience
Pueblo, A Year of Crises In America
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Pueblo, A Year of Crises In America
Directed by Bill Lowe
This is the true story of an ill-conceived, badly planned espionage mission with crewmen who had no knowledge…
Asian American Stories
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DEIB
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WWII
Stamp Our Story
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Stamp Our Story
Directed by Kaia Rose, Robert Horsting
Three Japanese American women of the Nisei generation share how they led a successful 15-year campaign to issue…
Army
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Healing
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WWII
The Echoes of War
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The Echoes of War
Directed by Richard O'Connor
At StoryCorps, U.S. Army Sergent Harrison Wright talks to his grandson, Sean Guess, about the honorable way he…
DEIB
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Homelessness
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Made by or Starring Military or Veterans
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Resilience
The Magic Ticket
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The Magic Ticket
Directed by Yelena Krivosheyeva
A homeless female veteran orders dinner at an upscale restaurant when an angry patron calls the police. When…
DEIB
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International
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Made by or Starring Military or Veterans
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Resilience
THE SPRAYER
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THE SPRAYER
Directed by Farnoosh Abedi
In the land occupied by the sprayer's army, no one has the right to grow any kind of…
DEIB
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International
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Student Film
The Steak
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The Steak
Directed by Kiarash Dadgar
A birthday ceremony preparation gets upside down as something horrible takes place.
Army
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Asian American Stories
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DEIB
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Friendship
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New Director
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Resilience
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Vietnam War
The Volunteer
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The Volunteer
Directed by David Brodie
A Vietnam War veteran in search of a fellow comrade reflects on the power of friendship and the…
Caregiver
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Friendship
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Healing
We Carry On
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We Carry On
Directed by Sareen Hairabedian
12 caregivers of wounded veterans participate in a six-week virtual poetry workshop that culminates in an on-stage performance…
Korean War
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Resilience
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USMC
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Veteran Art
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WWII
Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
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Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea
Directed by Leslie Buchbinder
A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, mid-century sculptor and artist H.C. (Cliff) Westermann’s became…
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