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1 online resource (streaming video (91 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
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 |
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Title and credits from title screens |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011 and later broadcast as a segment of POV on PBS |
| Credits |
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 |
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Streaming video; aspect ratio, 16:9 (widescreen format) |
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Closed-captioned |
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Winner: Traverse City Film Festival, Best U.S. Documentary ; Winner: SXSW Film Festival Editing ; Winner Philadelphia Film Festival, Jury Award, Best Documentary Feature ; Official Selection : Los Angeles Film Festival ; Official Selection : Silverdocs |
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Fredianelli, Dominic
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Smith, Cole
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Beaudoin, Matt
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Smith, Cole. fast (OCoLC)fst01662192 |
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Michigan. National Guard.
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Michigan. National Guard. fast (OCoLC)fst00630462 |
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Psychological aspects
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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- United States
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Armed Forces -- Medical care.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Manners and customs.
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Psychological aspects.
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Soldiers.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139845
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Upper Peninsula (Mich.) -- Social life and customs
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Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021
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Afghanistan.
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Michigan -- Upper Peninsula.
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United States.
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Biographies.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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History.
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Personal narratives
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Courtney, Heather.
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Fifer, Sally Jo.
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Kilmurry, Simon.
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Quincy Hill Films (Firm)
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Independent Television Service
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American Documentary, Inc.
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P.O.V. Theatrical Films.
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