This Is Where We Take Our Stand - New Episodes
Release Date: 8/24/2009
GIs Speak Out on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
The IVAW Winter Soldier Project
In March 2008 Deep Dish TV was privileged to participate in the live television broadcast and internet streaming of Winter Solder, three days of hearings on the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the National Labor College in Silver Springs Maryland. Over 700 invited active duty and vertans and supporters listed while over 70 GIs recounted their experiences as "boots on the ground" in the U.S. invasions and occupations.
Now a new film series based on those hearings is being released as an online series by Displaced Films and Northern Light Productions. . Be sure to tune in to the This Is Where We Take Our Stand website or watch here at Deep Dish TV.
Watch Episode 4: Broken Soldier
Broken Soldier from Displaced Films on Vimeo.
Watch Episode 3: Why We Fight
Why We Fight from Displaced Films on Vimeo.
Watch Epidsode 2:For Those Who Would Judge Me
For Those Who Would Judge Me from Displaced Films on Vimeo.
Watch Episode 1:Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement from Displaced Films on Vimeo.
Watch the Trailer for the Film:
This is Where We Take Our Stand - Trailer from Displaced Films on Vimeo.
The series producers write:
Where’s the debate?
Are we watching passively while Barack Obama carries out the same policies as George W. Bush?
When an American bombing raid this May killed over two hundred civilians in a village in Afghanistan, it was met with a deafening silence. When Obama’s promised “withdrawal” from Iraq leaves 130,000 troops there for at least two more years and 50,000 permanently, it’s hailed as an end to the occupation. And who is demanding to know just what the mission really is when 30,000 more troops are sent to Afghanistan?
Where’s the debate?
In March of 2008, two hundred and fifty veterans and active duty soldiers marked the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by gathering in Washington, DC, to testify from their own experience about the nature of the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. It was chilling, horrifying, and challenging for all who witnessed it. Against tremendous odds, they brought the voices of the veterans themselves into the debate. That was then.
This is now. Today, we present to you
This is Where We Take Our Stand, the inside story of those three days and the courageous men and women who testified. And we present this story today, told in six episodes, because we believe it is as relevant now as it was one year ago. Maybe more.
Here is our challenge to you: Watch the series; spread it far and wide; and ask yourself is this about the past, or the present and future. Then add your voice.
If you are a veteran or active duty, present your own testimony. If you are not, but you are still a living, breathing member of the human race, then do whatever you can to join and fan the flames of debate.
Displaced Films and Northern Light Productions