[JPI] Locally Produced Documentary Premiering This Friday

[Patrick Phillips]

For Immediate Release

What: The Cost of War – A new, locally made documentary
When: Friday, April 15th 8pm @ Friends Church, 2200 Southwood Dr.

The Cost of War, a new documentary by local filmmaker Patrick Phillips, 
will premier in College Station on Friday, April 15th, 8pm at the 
Friends Congregational Church, 2200 Southwood Dr. The film will be 
followed by a panel discussion with the soldiers & veterans featured in 
the documentary. Admission is free and half of all proceeds from DVD 
sales and donations go to The Iraq Veterans Assistance Fund.


THE COST OF WAR:

Never before has truth suffered so greatly in time of war. This 
documentary
seeks to give voice to truth through the experiences and observations of
soldiers, veterans, and their families.

The Cost of War offers only a brief glimpse of the war in Iraq and its
incalculable human, personal, psychological and social costs, but it 
comes
from a critical source - the perspective of those who have experienced 
war
first hand.

In The Cost of War, Iraq war veterans recount their views prior to 
deployment,
their experiences in Iraq, and how those experiences changed them. 
Families
and loved ones of those called on to fight in Iraq recount how the
experiences of their loved ones have affected those they left behind.

Veterans of Korea, Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm provide a 
perspective
on these current wars, informed by their own experiences in those 
earlier
conflicts and the truths they came to know.

With an understanding of true patriotism born of experience, these men 
and
women explain why they reject the claim that supporting the war is
"supporting the troops”. They represent a long established and rapidly
growing group of service members, veterans and military families who
challenge the notion that blind loyalty in time of war is the mark of 
the
patriot.

The Cost of War explores the costs - in lives ended, families destroyed,
health sacrificed and dreams lost - of waging war. It is not a pretty 
story
with flags waving and music playing. It is the truth. It is a truth that
every citizen of this country who really seeks to "support the troops" 
must
learn.

How the story ends is up to us.

For more information call Patrick at (979) 255-3997; by e-mail at: 
patrick at newsparkproductions.org or visit www.newsparkproductions.org




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