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Soldiers & Veterans, Truth in Recruiting
(2005, 80 minutes)

Several thousand soldiers have been wounded in action in Iraq. Thousands of others have been injured in war related events. They have lost arms, legs, eyes, ears, pieces of their brains. Some will spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs. These soldiers -- all volunteer warriors - have returned home to heal their wounds and consider life, forever scarred and changed. Nina Berman carefully documents their return and struggles.

“Photographer Nina Berman did not make this book of portraits to reaffirm anyone's faith in the Iraq war or the nobility of those fighting it. Her goal is to open the morning blinds on the hospital rooms and darkened bedrooms of normal people—kids, mostly—who returned shattered in mind and body, a Purple Heart draped around their neck. The result is a heartbreaking combination of the grotesque and the pitiful.”
-- Alexander Zaitchik, NY Press

“I don’t think anyone was prepared for the power of her images.”
-- Peter Serafin, Honolulu Weekly

Photographed by: Nina Berman

Trailer: [Quicktime]

Take The Next Step!

Use a screening of Purple Hearts to support the rights of veterans to health care benefits and other much needed benefits that have been cut by the VA. Visit our Soldiers and Veterans action page

Help inform youth in your area about the realities of life in the military with a screening of Purple Hearts. Visit our Truth in Recruiting action page to find out how to follow up your screening with recruitment actions in your community!

For a full listing of actions visit our Actions Page!

Available on DVD

The filmmaker is self distributing. To purchase a copy of the DVD visit The Purple Hearts Website

Official Website:
http://www.purpleheartsbook.com