Hi, Randal
Not sure if this is quite on the mark, but it's an amazing new film
about the military's human terrain program in which social scientists
are embedded with troops in order to help in the effort to win the
hearts and minds of the Afghan people. It's called HUMAN TERRAIN
www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/humt.html and will be released in
mid-November. It raises questions for the troops as to whether they can
ever be trained to acquire the skills of a professional soldier as well
as a culturally aware and sensitive soldier-diplomat. And of course it
raises really thorny questions about the role of academics in wartime.
So this is the way counterinsurgency is going, and it remains to be seen
how it will turn out. My feeling is that it's a band-aid and that the
problems that we have to solve are at a much deeper level.
Best,
John
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Subject: [Videolib] multicultural film series on the them of "Veteran"
I wonder if I could enlist the help of folks on this project?:
1. A colleague of mine in multicultural counseling studies is trying to
find a documentary film concerning an Iraq War vet trying to understand
Islam. It is not the film of US military guard Terry Holdbrooks, who
converted to Islam. It is another related story, about an American Iraqi
War vet and Iraqi-American community college student meeting and working
through their issues and differences. Any help would be appreciated. I
seem to be striking out with a Google-fail brain freeze.
2. Said colleague would like to use this story as a kind of thematic
lead for a series of 5-6 films on the theme of "Veteran/Veterans." In
this context I think veteran can be widely interpreted, from something
*about* veterans, in the sense of Coming Home perhaps (not a
documentary, I realize) to videos more conceptual in approach.
"Veterans" of immigration conflicts, for instance.
If any of you have some suggestions I would greatly appreciate any
serious tips.
If any of you have some recent productions that might fit, that would be
of interest also.
Randal Baier
Eastern Michigan University
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