Woodstock Film Festival
presents

a film by
Ellen Spiro and Phil Donohue

WINNER - NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
BEST DOCUMENTARY

Click here to view the trailer


Two special screenings are set for Saturday, January 12
at Tinker Street Cinema (click for directions)

A SECOND SCREENING HAS BEEN ADDED FOR 11 AM
Mr. Donahue and Ms Spiro are scheduled to do a short Q&A following the 11am screening
Tickets for the 11am screening are $10
tickets are will call at the theater

 11 am (Screening only) $10
As of 9:30am, there are 20 tickets left for the 11 AM screening
Those tickets will only be available at the theater on a first come, first served basis.

Thank you!

2 pm (Screening & Reception) $30
(SOLD OUT)

2pm (Screening only) $15
(SOLD OUT)



The screening will take place Saturday January 12th, 2 pm, at the
Tinker Street Cinema in Woodstock, with a snow date for Sunday January 13th.
Donahue and Spiro are scheduled to be on hand for a Q&A immediately following.

“We are thrilled to be showing BODY OF WAR in Woodstock,” said Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.

A meet-the-filmmakers reception will follow the screening at Oriole 9 (click for directions)
for those who purchased reception tickets.


BODY OF WAR is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today.
Meet Tomas Young, 25 years old, paralyzed from a bullet to his spine after serving in Iraq for less than a week.
BODY OF WAR is his coming home story as he evolves into a new person, dealing with his disability
and finding his own unique and passionate voice against the war. It is a nakedly honest portrayal of what
it is like inside the body, heart and soul of this extraordinary and heroic young man.
The film is produced and directed by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro (TROOP 1500).

Two original songs were written for the film by musician Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam fame.
And two Woodstock filmmakers were very involved in the project.
DeeDee Halleck acted as the film’s consultant and and Bernadine Colish was the film editor.

The first time I saw him will be with me forever — paralyzed from the chest down — he had that morphine look, droopy eyed, sallow, sunken, lifeless. Body of War is a film provoked by my own questions as I stood on my functional legs at his bedside:

Who is this young man? Why him, not me?

It's June 2005. George Bush is on the radio. He's saying "My greatest responsibility as President is to protect the American people." I think, "Why do I feel more unsafe than ever?" The phone rings. It's Phil Donahue. "Phil WHO?" I say. "Phil Donahue, I'm calling about an idea for . . . "Wait," I say, "is this a crank call?" "Don't hang up," the voice says, "I'm a friend of Dee Dee Halleck."


For additional info, visit
BODY OF WAR
or
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL

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