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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Fighting for Life -- the movie
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Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Re: Fighting for Life -- the movie
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Proud Parent of a US Army Ranger 2/75 and an Air Force veteran