Status: COMPLETED
2011
Academy Award Nomination - Best Documentary Feature
Sundance - World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Sundance - World Cinema Cinematography Award
Grierson Award Best Documentary
The intensely personal story of Sergeant Harris and Marine battalion Echo Company from the start of the 2009 tour of Afghanistan to their return, the decompression and rehabilitation in the US. A study of exceptional bravery and loss, of friends and family struggling to support the returning warriors.
A tough but deeply rewarding watch. Search it out.
Dennis's film attempts something few documentaries have: to inhabit the psyche of its subject.
