Jun 18, 2012
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will show a? free screening of the documentary film, Where Soldiers Come From, for the community on Tuesday, September 18th.
Scheduled for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the University?s Auditorium, the free event will include a discussion with Heather Courtney, the filmmaker and driving force behind the movie.
From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends, forever changed by a faraway war.
A film about growing up, Where Soldiers Come From is an intimate look at the young men who fight the nation?s wars and the families and the Northern Michigan town they come from. Returning to her hometown, Director Heather Courtney gains extraordinary access following these young men as they grow and change from reckless teenagers, to soldiers looking for roadside bombs in Afghanistan, to 23-year-old veterans dealing with the silent war wounds of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and PTSD.
Where Soldiers Come From looks beyond the guns and policies of an ongoing war to tell a human story about family, friendship, and community and how they all change when young people go off to fight. The documentary won the 2012 Independent Spirit Truer Than Fiction Award, and is a co-production of Quincy Hill Films and ITVS, in association with American Documentary | POV. The film had its national broadcast premiere in Fall 2011 on PBS?s award-winning documentary series POV, and has been chosen as an encore broadcast in September 2012. To watch the trailer or order DVDs, please go to www.wheresoldierscomefrom.com."
The evening will begin with a networking reception from 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by a screening of the movie beginning at 6 p.m. and then a Q&A with the filmmaker upon the conclusion of the film.
Seating is limited to 100 and an RSVP is required via Http://www.HarrisburgU.edu/RSVP For additional information on the event or to become a sponsor, email CONNECT@HarrisburgU.edu or call 717.901.5146.
Harrisburg University is located at 326 Market Street in Harrisburg. Free parking is available on the street. Additional parking is available in the Harrisburg Parking Authority operated garage accessible via Fourth Street. Cost for parking in the garage is $5.00 for 0-2 hours. Kiosk for parking accepts cash only. More information on parking rates and directions to the University are found online at http://www.harrisburgu.net/campuslife/directions.php#parking
You can literally take planes, trains and automobiles to the event. The University's location at 326 Market Street in downtown Harrisburg is near Interstates 83 and 81 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, making it an easy drive to the University from any of Pennsylvania?s major cities. And it's only a two-hour drive from the University to Baltimore, Washington, DC or Philadelphia. The Amtrak Passenger Train Station and Greyhound Bus Station are one block from our location. And the Harrisburg International Airport is only nine miles from the University. http://www.harrisburgu.edu/campuslife/directions.php
Founded in 2001 to address Central Pennsylvania's need for increased opportunities leading to careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, Harrisburg University offers 24 undergraduate and 35 graduate programs. As a private University serving the public good, Harrisburg University remains the only STEM-focused comprehensive university located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.For more information on the University's demand-driven undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs in applied science and technology fields, call 717.901.5146 or email, connect@HarrisburgU.edu
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