With the support of the Independent Television Fund (ITVS) and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the story of Winter Soldier/Iraq & Afghanistan is now an hour-long documentary airing on PBS stations nationwide. See the full list for an upcoming broadcast near you.
“This is Where We Take Our Stand” is the story of hundreds of veterans who risked everything to publicly tell their accounts of the horrors they witnessed in Iraq and Afghanistan. In March of 2008, two hundred and fifty veterans and active-duty soldiers marked the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by gathering in Washington, DC, to testify from their own experience about the nature of the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. It was chilling, horrifying, and challenging for all who witnessed it.
Against tremendous odds, they brought the voices of the veterans themselves into the debate. “This is Where We Take Our Stand” is the inside story of those three days and the courageous men and women who testified-a story that’s as important to tell today as ever.
These brave soldiers and veterans are challenging a public silence that runs very deep, underscoring a willingness to accept unspeakable horrors-as long as we don’t know about them.
Watch the webseries here:
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- Winter Soldier: Iraq | Afghanistan Participant SELENA COPPA “This is so important on so many levels. I’m tired of seeing people die, I’m tired of funerals, but it’s so dangerous at the same time just to be speaking out. I have a friend of seven years who’s being investigated just for associating with me.”
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- Winter Soldier: Iraq | Afghanistan Participant JESSE HAMILTON “We are sons. We are brothers. We are just ordinary people who decided to pick up a uniform and serve this nation.”
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- Winter Soldier: Iraq | Afghanistan Participant CLIFTON HICKS “I’ve been home too long, I’m not a hero, I am alone, and I didn’t do a good job.”
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- Winter Soldier: Iraq | Afghanistan Participant STEVE MORTILLO “To those who would judge me for coming up here and sharing my experiences with the American people-DO SO-because I have made my peace with what I have to do for this country over many sleepless nights.”
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- Winter Soldier: Iraq | Afghastan Participant – ZOLLIE GOODMAN “I think a lot of good soldiers are going to keep taking orders. I don’t think they’re orders that they want to take, and I don’t think they’re gonna do things that they want to do. But they’re going to continue to do them until they’re asked not to. This is destroying you and me, and it takes away any chance we have of a normal lifestyle.”
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- Winter Soldier: Iraq | Afghanistan Participant- JON TURNER “I just want to say that I am sorry for the hate and destruction that I have inflicted on innocent people, and I am sorry for the hate and destruction that others have inflicted on innocent people. At one point it was okay, but reality has shown that it is not. Until people hear about what is going on with this war it will continue to happen and people will continue to die. I am sorry for the things that I did, I am no longer the monster that I once was.”
This Is Where We Take Our Stand Credits
| Producers | Bestor Cram |
| David Zeiger | |
| Directors | Bestor Cram |
| Mike Majoros | |
| David Zeiger | |
| Editor |
Mike Majoros |
| Co-Producer | Jade Fox |
| Associate Producers | Vangie Griego |
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Susan Gray |
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Dominic Musacchio |
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| Matthew Maclean | |
| Lenny Rotman | |
| Brian Samuels | |
| Beth Sternheimer | |
| Directors of Photography | May Rigler |
| Jerry Henry | |
| Cinematographers | Jenny Alexander |
| David Auerbach | |
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Jesse Beecher |
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| Bestor Cram | |
| Slawomir Grunberg | |
| Steve Mang | |
| Dominic Musacchio | |
| Hal Muscat | |
| Michaela O’Brien | |
| Leonard Rotman | |
| Elliot Warring | |
| Sound Engineers | Brady Holden |
| Mike Majoros | |
| Dominic Musacchio | |
| Production Assistant | Alamelu Narayanaswamy |
| Transcriptions | Hong Huynh |
| Adam Scott | |
| Assistant Editor | Matthew Maclean |
| Still Photography | Jared Rodriquez |
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Mathieu Grandjean |
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| Marty Katz | |
| Andy Kennedy | |
| Graphic Artist | Chris Kirk |
| Titles | Mindbomb Films |
| Music Composer | Buddy Judge |
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“Sound Off” |
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| On Line Editor/Mixer |
Mike Majoros |
| Web Design | Jade Fox |
| Attorney | Michael Donaldson |
| ITVS | Richard Saiz |
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The Producers would like to thank the members and supporters of Iraq Veterans Against the War for allowing us into their lives |
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| Special Thanks |
Joan Sekler |
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Sara Nesson |
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Patricia Foulkrod |
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Peter Broderick |
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The National Labor College |
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Veterans for Peace |
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| Fiscal Sponsorship | Pangea Productions |
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Funding Sources |
The Independent Television Service |
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The Fledgling Fund |
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The Eastman Fund |
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Locker Associates |
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Michael Locker |
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Richard Ohman |
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Victor Wallis |
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Paul Lauter |
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Carolyn Blackwood |
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Lenny Potash |
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Ann Wright |
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Richard Flacks |
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And the hundreds of individuals who gave personal contributions to this film |
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Northern Light Productions/Boston |
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This Is Where We Take Our Stand |
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Copyright 2011 Take Our Stand LLC |
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