Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014
Recep tion: 6:00-6:30 PM ~ Program: 6:30-8:00 PM
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*Free to NY NATAS Members!
$15 for those without current NY NATAS me mbership.
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Produ ced &\; Moderated by Sumner Jules Glimcher.
SERVICE: WHEN WOMEN COME MARCHING HOME< /em> portrays the courage of the women in service and once they h ave left the military\; the horrific traumas they faced, the inadequate ca re they often receive on return and the large and small accomplishments th e women work mightily to achieve. Through compelling portraits, we watch t hese women wrestle with prosthetics, homelessness, Post-Traumatic Stress D isorder and Military Sexual Trauma. The power of this multi-platform docum entary is in the intimacy we establish with our veterans, speaking with th em in their kitchens and bathrooms, back yards, classrooms, therapy sessio ns and supermarkets. \; The film was screened on the hill by DAV and h osted by Senator Patty Murray and other women legislators and has been bro adcast by PBS and is \;on many affiliates last year and again this ye ar . \; \; The film is part of a multi-platform documentary format which continues to support women veterans, share information and debate r elevant issues on its social networking platforms. \; \;In order to be true to the film, the "\;director'\;s statement"\; is the story of two women who met working on a film about women in Africa. The c omposer, Patricia Lee Stotter, had started working with veterans on a vari ety of projects, and the director, Marcia Rock, became interested in disab ility issues through her friend Simi Linton, author of My Body Politic. Th ey were talking about whether the US was ready for all the vets disabled b y IED explosions. Stotter was the first of the team to penetrate the veter an world. After she was, literally, vetted by the vets, she approached Mar cia Rock about creating a film and cross platform project about disabled v eterans whose transition from active duty had been eased with the help of service dogs. We, and this has been a joined at the hip venture, felt the social networking had to be as much a part of this project as the film-mak ing. We immediately set up a FB group and website http://servicethefilm.com< /span> so we could network with vets. \; Women in the film and in our social networks have testified on the hill , and one was recently made the first woman member of the Atlanta Commissi on of Veteran Affairs. The grass roots of SERVICE continue to grow across the entire country. Our film has just won the NATAS 2014 Emmy Award for Mi litary Programs. \; The filmmakers are thrilled to share the film with the NATAS community.
M arcia Rock has produced documentaries since 1984 and received man y awards including three local Emmys. Her work covers women&rsquo\;s issue s as well as personal perspectives. \; She recently completed two film s on veterans about their struggle with PTSD and this film about women vet erans&rsquo\; transition from active duty to civilian life. \;< /p>
Patricia Lee Stotter& nbsp\; is a multiple Emmy Awarding-winning composer/ producer/writer for t elevision, film, theater and interactive/social media. In addition to co-p roducing the Emmy award winning multiplatform documentary Service: When Women Come Marching Home, she has composed scores for many documentaries.
Space is \; limited. \; You \; must \; RSVP \; to \; info@nyemm ys.org to reserve a seat. Please wr ite &ldquo\;SERVICE: WHEN WOMEN COME MARCHING HOME&rdquo\; in the Subject Box.