Celebrating national military brats day april 30th. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Our journey home mentioned in the last few newsletters. Our journey home is the second original documentary from the emmyawardwinning stillmotion team, created in collaboration with national awareness initiative rethink.
Donna lynn musil born april 15, 1960 is an american documentary filmmaker, writer, and activist exploring the subculture of u. It discusses the difficulties children can live through when a soldier returns home from war and has a hard time processing his or her experiences. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates usa january 2006 sedona international film festival also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. I was astounded by the frequency with which i saw my family in this film. Our journey home is the first documentary about growing up military and the profound impact it has on the lives of adult military brats. Our journey home the first documentary about growing. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
Conroy also authorized the use of his work in the awardwinning documentary brats. Walter freeman, who in 1936 began performing lobotomies as a cure for everything from psychosis to misbehavior in children. This is a movie about children who grew up in military families and has been created from over 500 interviews with brats from all branches of the services, integrated with rare archival footage, home movies from postwar japan and prewar vietnam. Saturday afternoon provided reunion attendees a viewing of brats. For writerdirector musil, the journey was a sevenyear filmmaking odyssey fueled by relentless passion. The documentary by donna musil tells a story about our unique hidden american subculture, but most importantly it tells us something about ourselves. Colorado brats club and tcks too public group facebook. Donna musils work is illuminating, exciting and courageous. Our journey home is the first featurelength documentary, narrated by singersongwriter kris kristofferson, about a hidden american subculture a lost tribe of at least fifteen million people from widely diverse backgrounds, raised on military bases around the world, whose shared experiences have shaped their lives so powerfully, they are forever different from their. That congress set aside a day each year as national military brats day, so americans can say.
Overview american military brats of all ethnicities share intimate memories about their strange, but interesting childhoods growing up on military bases around the world, then struggling to fit into an america with which they have little in common, but for whom they sacrificed their youths. All of the brave and articulate brats who had the courage to talk about their lives oncamera for brats. He died on december 27, 2012 in tampa, florida, usa. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Military brats of all ethnicities reminisce about their strange but interesting childhoods. This excerpt from the awardwinning documentary about growing up military, brats.
Our journey home 2006 military brats of all ethnicities reminisce about their strange but interesting childhoods. Our journey home directed by donna musil, that endeavors to bring the hidden subculture of military brats into greater public awareness, as well as aiding military brat selfawareness and support. Narrated and featuring songs by kris kristofferson. Kris kristofferson narrates the documentary film brats. Our journey home synopsis military brats of all ethnicities reminisce about their strange but interesting childhoods. Our journey home the first documentary about growing up military home. She is also the founder of brats without borders, a nonprofit. The film is narrated and featuring songs by kris kristofferson. Our journey home the first documentary about growing up military home about the film life as a brat trailer filmmaker store screenings press room audience reactions brats raw future projects workshops the nonprofit brat links contact us.
Narrated by jewel and produced by emmy awardwinning film company, stillmotion, our journey home follows the stories of three families and shares how their relationship to home has shaped them as. Roger moore, movie critic, orlando sentinel and rotten tomatoes website. In 2005 military brat and filmmaker donna musil released the first documentary ever made exclusively about military brats, brats. It has interviews, commentaries, film clips, home movies clips, and still pictures to. Home is where you put your pants on being a military brat duration. Our journey home is the first documentary about growing up military and the profound impact it has. American military brats of all ethnicities share intimate memories about their strange, but interesting childhoods growing up on military bases around the world, then struggling to fit into an america with which they have little in common, but for. Interviews include the late general norman schwarzkopf. Check out my many other boards for third culture kids and global nomads. He was an actor, known for the american president 2000, libertys kids. Borders owns the two brats films and regina griffin owns brown babies. Donna, a lawyer in washington, dc, created something special largely. This is a trailer for the awardwinning documentary, brats.
Our journey home is a feature length documentary about growing up as a kid in the armed forces. Our journey home the official featurelength documentary on. Our journey home the first documentary about growing up military. Morten ender, gary gordon, peter grammer, michelle green, cindy greenwood. End of all suffering awaken, ready and evolving use code awaken for 10% off at free shipping world wide. See more ideas about third culture kid, movies and documentaries. This touching, powerful, and exceptionally wellcrafted film chronicles the lives, experiences and hearts of military kids and families. Brats our journey home is a testament to those families of the u.
Our journey home, a donna musil film featuring narration and music by kris kristofferson. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing brats. Joan adrian, valerie anderson, kimberly bayes, samuel britten, fred brown, joy harper bryant, joe condrill, marc curtis, dr. Get your swag on with discounted movies to stream at home, exclusive movie gear, access to advanced screenings and discounts galore. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Our journey home is a documentary focused on the common belief that everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home, and the benefits. Where we come from shapes who we are, and how others see us. As a career air force chaplain and the proud dad of two military brats, i unequivocally recommend brats. Our journey home should be viewed by everyone concerned about children. Our journey home in the awardwinning documentary, brats. Norman schwarzkopf was born on august 22, 1934 in trenton, new jersey, usa as herbert norman schwarzkopf jr. An american military brat comes of age in the 1960s. Our journey home, narrated and featuring songs by kris kristofferson. Independent filmmaker donna musil is our guest and she will be discussing her film.
This film by donna musil, alum of seoul ahs, touches deepfelt emotions. Our journey home the official featurelength documentary. The official trailer for the brats film the first documentary about growing up military, narrated by kris kristofferson. Celebrating national military brats day april 30th brats. She wrote and directed the awardwinning 2006 documentary brats. Catch the full film, for free, right here on vimeo just moments after the official premiere in new york. Knudson, retired dodds teacher and principal moving, provocative, inspirational, enlightening each of these is an apt descriptor of brats.
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