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Surviving Home

Country: USA, Language: English, 84 mins

  • Director: Matthew Moul; Jillian Twigger Moul
  • Writer: Matthew Moul; Jillian Twigger Moul
  • Producer: Frederick Marx; Kirk Moul

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In honor of Veterans Day, SLIFF offers a free screening of “Surviving Home,” an intimate documentary that follows four veterans over an eight-year period as they rebuild their lives after war. Interwoven with their stories are veterans' voices from across the United States. The film’s principal subjects had vastly different combat experiences and challenges, and they’ve taken equally diverse paths on their difficult journeys to recovery.

A World War II vet is part of a generation that stoically resists talking about their experiences. A Vietnam vet becomes a Buddhist monk in an attempt to reconcile his guilt over the people he killed. A severely burned Persian Gulf and Iraq War vet, who lost an arm on his fourth tour of duty, still wishes he could go back into combat. And a female Iraq War vet suffers less from the trauma of war than from the sexual assault she experienced at the hands of her “brothers.” Through perseverance, humor, inner reflection, strength, and a determination to help others, these vets overcome many obstacles, but the road ahead continues to bend in unexpected ways. Their unique paths of healing and discovery shed light on the long-term burdens of war and reveal the miraculous power of the human spirit.


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Cast & Characters

Robert Henline as Himself;
Tracey Cooper-Harris as Herself;
Claude Anshin Thomas as Himself;
Richard Green as Himself;
Jeff Prutz as Himself