Our journey home 2006 nr 01032006 us documentary 1h 30m user score. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress by mary edwards wertsch and the 2006 film brats our journey home, directed by donna musil. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing brats. It is a must see for brats and will be surprisingly popular with non brats school library journal. 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. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Our journey home, a film about growing up the child of a military family and the effect it has on that childs adult life. Strongly and creatively directed by donna musil, the film hit home. Featuring kris kristofferson, general norman schwarzkopf, mary edwards wertsch, and military brats. Catch the full film, for free, right here on vimeo just moments after the official premiere in new york.
Filmmaker donna musil and fifthgrade teacher randy brumagin shed some. Military families and the lives of brats home life for military families is different, especially with a war on. The emotional trials of growing up as a military brat and the littleexplored bonds of those who shared this upbringing are examined in the documentary brats. 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. Our journey home, written and directed by donna musil, herself an army brat whose father was a military judge. Brats our journey home is a testament to those families of the u. I give this four stars because it serves a purpose, but really kristofferson and schwarzkopf dont have a lot to do with the brats life. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Jump cut column 2006 rhode island international film. A generals kid does not have the normal experience. Our journey home is a sevenyear work of passion and independent filmmaker musils directorial debut. Brats our journey home hi, if you live in this area and are planning on going to this showing, let me know. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Interviews include the late general norman schwarzkopf and military brat author mary edwards wertsch.
By paulette bethel please join me for the next interview in my ongoing series of the tck academy teleconferences. Our journey home the first documentary about growing. Our journey home is the first documentary about growing up military and the profound impact it has. Donna lynn musil born april 15, 1960 is an american documentary filmmaker, writer, and activist exploring the subculture of u. Based on poignant and provocative interviews with adult brats of all ethnicities, including general h.
Our journey home is a balanced and insightful investigation of the problems, joys, and pains of growing up in the military that should appeal to brats and their friends and families, as well as anyone interested in military family life. Our journey home cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. A former lawyer and daughter of an army jag officer, donnas writing credits include ananse, a childrens. Our journey home the first documentary about growing up military. Donna musils work is illuminating, exciting and courageous. She is also the founder of brats without borders, a nonprofit. 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. Walter freeman, who in 1936 began performing lobotomies as a cure for everything from psychosis to misbehavior in children. Two excellent resources that chronicle our story are. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. She wrote and directed the awardwinning 2006 documentary brats. Our journey home cast and crew including actors, directors. Donna musil, kris kristofferson, general norman schwarzkopf. This is a trailer for the awardwinning documentary, brats.
Welcome to the online home of the lahs alumni association, a closelyknit group of us military brats, us corps of engineers brats and a few italian nationals who all attended the little 90student dod american school at camp darby, italy. Our journey home should be viewed by everyone concerned about children. Narrated and featuring songs by kris kristofferson. This is my frankfurt american junior high school web site. Seven percent of americans grow up as military brats. Legendary singersongwriter kris kristofferson, the son of an air force general, leads a heartfelt journey into the strange but interesting life of american military brats. Join me for an engaging interview with donna musil. 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 2006 military brats of all ethnicities reminisce about their strange but interesting childhoods. I will be interviewing donna musil, army bratatck, writer, director and producer of brats. Livorno american high school alumni home page camp.
I am really excited about this teleconference interview. American military brats of all ethnicities share intimate memories about their strange. Norman schwarzkopf and author mary edwards wertsch, brats is the first nonfiction film to explore this peculiar subculture from the childs pointofview. This is a valuable movie for our part of america, but the book brats is much better.
Now, you can watch brats online through gumroad on your computer, your ipad, or your phone. I had some time to meet with donna in person last week while in. Watch the awardwinning documentary about growing up military brats. Our journey home synopsis military brats of all ethnicities reminisce about their strange but interesting childhoods. Through interviews and archival footage, explores the experiences of the military brat and what its like to grow up in a family that is. Move twelve times before you graduate from high school. Rent it for 3 days or buy unlimited streaming rights no download. Our journey home the official featurelength documentary on. 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.
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