Fighting for Life -- the movie

[Jim]

Fighting for Life is a powerful, sobering and emotional feature documentary portrait of American military medicine interweaving three stories:

Military doctors, nurses and medics, working with skill, compassion and dedication amidst the vortex of the Iraq War.
Wounded soldiers and marines reacting with courage, dignity and determination to survive and to heal.
Students at USU, the “West Point” of military medicine, on their journey toward becoming career military physicians.
The film follows 21 year-old Army Specialist Crystal Davis, from Iraq to Germany to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC, as she fights to recover and “bounce back” from the loss of a leg.

The filmmakers had extraordinary access to combat support hospitals in Iraq, medevac flights with wounded soldiers, and military hospitals in Germany and the United States.

NATIONAL PUBLIC TELEVISION PREMIERE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
MAY 2009 (check local listings)
Presenting Station: Oregon Public Broadcasting
National Distribution: NETA
Station Relations: Regina Eisenberg
(510) 550-1706 / Regina@reisenbergpresents.com

Fighting for Life was featured at the Cleveland Film Festival, March 9-10th and at the GI Film Festival. It was a Finalist in the 2008 Freddie Awards for International Health and Medical Media

There was a Special Pre-Release screening of "Fighting For Life" for Members of Congress and Staff at the U.S. Capitol on January 17, 2008.

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Thanks for the heads up, Ranger Jim.