A small group of combat veterans are taking a leap of faith to find their way back home.
Short film currently wrapped and in post-production.
Feature film financing presently underway.
A small group of combat veterans are taking a leap of faith to find their way back home.
Short film production begins in April.
Currently seeking financing for feature film.
Retired Combat Marine Pat Winters must prove to the court that he’s fit to be a father to his five-year-old son. Along the way, he joins a group of veterans exploring spoken word and artistic expression as a path to healing.
As each vet confronts their own wounds—some healing, some deepening—the group discovers that recovery isn’t a straight line. What begins as a last-ditch effort to stay out of jail becomes a raw, unfiltered journey into the soul of modern warriors still fighting battles long after the war ends.
Retired Combat Marine Pat Winters must prove to the court that he’s fit to be a father to his five-year-old son. Along the way, he joins a group of veterans exploring spoken word and artistic expression as a path to healing. As each vet confronts their own wounds—some healing, some deepening—the group discovers that recovery isn’t a straight line. What begins as a last-ditch effort to stay out of jail becomes a raw, unfiltered journey into the soul of modern warriors still fighting battles long after the war ends.
Based on the 3/6 Marines that fought in the Battle of Marjah (also Operation Moshtarak) in 2010.
Was the largest military operation in the history of the Afghan War. The battle endured for ten months.
US soldiers finally reclaimed the city of Marjah for the Afghan government in December, 2010.
In 2015, the city was recaptured by Taliban.
22 Veterans commit suicide every single day.
(2016, Veterans Administration)
(2019 National Veteran Suicide Data Annual Report)
WE WANT TO SHOW THAT ART IS A PATH TO HEALING FOR OUR VETERANS
“All of these poems that I had written are about what it feels like to come home. Each poem is like a little demon, a little monster that had been haunting me. Writing poems was a way to take something negative and place it somewhere else other than inside myself.”
- Jason Moon
Iraq War Veteran
“Through photography I help others with PTSD. By sharing my experience I might be able to help others deal with theirs. It’s not necessarily about who we were, but who we are now, and how we can learn from that experience, get the help we need, and move on with our lives.”
- Stacy Pearsall
Retired Air Force Staff Sergeant, combat photographer
“I found it odd that each time I did something with art therapy I felt better because there was something in me that was dying to get out. And through art I was able to express it.”
- Jason Berner
Marine Captain
WE WANT TO SHOW THAT ART IS A PATH TO HEALING FOR OUR VETERANS
“All of these poems that I had written are about what it feels like to come home. Each poem is like a little demon, a little monster that had been haunting me. Writing poems was a way to take something negative and place it somewhere else other than inside myself.”
- Jason Moon
Iraq War Veteran
“Through photography I help others with PTSD. By sharing my experience I might be able to help others deal with theirs. It’s not necessarily about who we were, but who we are now, and how we can learn from that experience, get the help we need, and move on with our lives.”
- Stacy Pearsall
Retired Air Force Staff Sergeant, combat photographer
“I found it odd that each time I did something with art therapy I felt better because there was something in me that was dying to get out. And through art I was able to express it.”
- Jason Berner
Marine Captain
HELP US SHOW VETERANS A PATH FORWARD
HELP US FURTHER EDUCATE FRIENDS & FAMILY ON THE "INVISIBLE ILLNESS" THAT IS PTSD
Help Us Make This Film a Reality.
HELP US SHOW VETERANS A PATH FORWARD
HELP US FURTHER EDUCATE FRIENDS & FAMILY ON THE "INVISIBLE ILLNESS" THAT IS PTSD
Help Us Make This Film a Reality.
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