Short Block: War Narratives
Sat. May 16, 2009 11:30am GMT-5 (EST)
Carnegie Institute of Washington
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005 View map
Ages: All ages
Price: $ 10.00
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005 View map
Ages: All ages
Price: $ 10.00
Filmmakers Forum
Rebels Cry:
A young Confederate soldier has to make a choice between his duty and what is right when ordered to execute his enemy.
Scorpian 5:
CIA agent Todd March has been left for dead behind the Iranian border. As his wife braces herself for the worst news possible, the army dispatches Cpl. Matthew Scott to bring him home and ensure that the valuable information he is carrying makes it back into the right hands.
Note: Violence may be too extreme for children.
Last Bullett:
During an intense nighttime skirmish between U.S. and Viet Cong forces, buddies Shane and Matt tumble into a bomb crater moments after a barrage of bullets assail them. Shane escapes serious injury but Matt is hit and rapidly losing blood from a gunshot to the leg. Unable to pull Matt to safety, Shane makes a decision â to save his friend, he must leave him alone and run for help. Now by himself, Matt confronts his own mortality and when an explosion leaves him deaf, he cannot hear the radio blaring Shaneâs return with reinforcements. As enemies and friends approach Mattâs position, who will Matt kill with his last bullet?
Scarecrow:
Set during the American Civil War, SCARECROW is the story of a young Confederate soldier named Jack who goes off to war to be a hero, and who is so horrified by what he encounters in his first battle that he runs away.
Ending up in a nearby cornfield, Jack witnesses a runaway slave shot down and killed by a Slavehunter as she protects her young son, Uriah. Uriah flees into the corn and Jack is forced to discover his true character as he risks everything to save the young boy and ultimately learn what being a hero is really about.
Kapsia:
Caught in the crossfire of the intensifying war in Afghanistan, members of a small team of US Army soldiers are forced to choose between promises made to one another and those assured to their loved ones back home.
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Rebels Cry:
A young Confederate soldier has to make a choice between his duty and what is right when ordered to execute his enemy.
Scorpian 5:
CIA agent Todd March has been left for dead behind the Iranian border. As his wife braces herself for the worst news possible, the army dispatches Cpl. Matthew Scott to bring him home and ensure that the valuable information he is carrying makes it back into the right hands.
Note: Violence may be too extreme for children.
Last Bullett:
During an intense nighttime skirmish between U.S. and Viet Cong forces, buddies Shane and Matt tumble into a bomb crater moments after a barrage of bullets assail them. Shane escapes serious injury but Matt is hit and rapidly losing blood from a gunshot to the leg. Unable to pull Matt to safety, Shane makes a decision â to save his friend, he must leave him alone and run for help. Now by himself, Matt confronts his own mortality and when an explosion leaves him deaf, he cannot hear the radio blaring Shaneâs return with reinforcements. As enemies and friends approach Mattâs position, who will Matt kill with his last bullet?
Scarecrow:
Set during the American Civil War, SCARECROW is the story of a young Confederate soldier named Jack who goes off to war to be a hero, and who is so horrified by what he encounters in his first battle that he runs away.
Ending up in a nearby cornfield, Jack witnesses a runaway slave shot down and killed by a Slavehunter as she protects her young son, Uriah. Uriah flees into the corn and Jack is forced to discover his true character as he risks everything to save the young boy and ultimately learn what being a hero is really about.
Kapsia:
Caught in the crossfire of the intensifying war in Afghanistan, members of a small team of US Army soldiers are forced to choose between promises made to one another and those assured to their loved ones back home.
823 interested in this event
