Tue March 11, 2014
Body of War, Ellen Spiro, Phil Donahue (U.S., 2007)
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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In Person/Ellen Spiro
“Superb documentary . . . almost unbearably moving.”—Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Tomas Young enlisted immediately after 9/11. He was shot and paralyzed after having served in Iraq less than a week. In this intimate observational film, his body, wracked with pain, is damning evidence against war. His daily struggles are intercut with Congress’s 2002 vote authorizing military force against Iraq, a debate in which truth is exposed as another casualty. Young develops into an articulate, outspoken critic of the war. Today, seven years after the film premiered, Young’s suffering from his devastating wounds has only worsened.
• Photographed by Ellen Spiro. (87 mins, Color, 35mm, From UCLA Film & Television Archive, permission the artist)
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“Superb documentary . . . almost unbearably moving.”—Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Tomas Young enlisted immediately after 9/11. He was shot and paralyzed after having served in Iraq less than a week. In this intimate observational film, his body, wracked with pain, is damning evidence against war. His daily struggles are intercut with Congress’s 2002 vote authorizing military force against Iraq, a debate in which truth is exposed as another casualty. Young develops into an articulate, outspoken critic of the war. Today, seven years after the film premiered, Young’s suffering from his devastating wounds has only worsened.
• Photographed by Ellen Spiro. (87 mins, Color, 35mm, From UCLA Film & Television Archive, permission the artist)
In Person/Ellen Spiro
“Superb documentary . . . almost unbearably moving.”—Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Tomas Young enlisted immediately after 9/11. He was shot and paralyzed after having served in Iraq less than a week. In this intimate observational film, his body, wracked with pain, is damning evidence against war. His daily struggles are intercut with Congress’s 2002 vote authorizing military force against Iraq, a debate in which truth is exposed as another casualty. Young develops into an articulate, outspoken critic of the war. Today, seven years after the film premiered, Young’s suffering from his devastating wounds has only worsened.
• Photographed by Ellen Spiro. (87 mins, Color, 35mm, From UCLA Film & Television Archive, permission the artist)
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“Superb documentary . . . almost unbearably moving.”—Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Tomas Young enlisted immediately after 9/11. He was shot and paralyzed after having served in Iraq less than a week. In this intimate observational film, his body, wracked with pain, is damning evidence against war. His daily struggles are intercut with Congress’s 2002 vote authorizing military force against Iraq, a debate in which truth is exposed as another casualty. Young develops into an articulate, outspoken critic of the war. Today, seven years after the film premiered, Young’s suffering from his devastating wounds has only worsened.
• Photographed by Ellen Spiro. (87 mins, Color, 35mm, From UCLA Film & Television Archive, permission the artist)
show less
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Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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