On Saturday, January 27th, Screening Liberally and IAVA will be hosting a screening of The Ground Truth, Patricia Foulkrod's documentary about Iraq, at Katwalk in New York City.
The movie will begin at 6:45pm, and will be followed by a short Q+A with IAVA Representative Chris McGurk, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Katwalk
2 West 35th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York
Time: 6:45pm
Cost: $10 Suggested Donation
RSVP:
All proceeds go to IAVA, and
there will be some great food
and drink specials.
The Ground Truth stunned filmgoers at the 2006 Sundance and Nantucket Film Festivals. Hailed as "powerful" and "quietly unflinching," Patricia Foulkrod's searing documentary feature includes exclusive footage that will stir audiences. The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans - ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq - as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The terrible conflict in Iraq, depicted with ferocious honesty in the film, is a prelude for the even more challenging battles fought by the soldiers returning home - with personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. As these battles take shape, each soldier becomes a new kind of hero, bearing witness and giving support to other veterans, and learning to fearlessly wield the most powerful weapon of all - the truth.
