CineSol Film Festival & the Historic Cine El Rey Theatre presents 1st Tuesday of the month screenings - 'Where Soldiers Come From' is featured

CineSol Film Festival & the Historic Cine El Rey Theatre presents 1st Tuesday of the month screenings - 'Where Soldiers Come From' will be screened.
CineSol Film Festival & the Historic Cine El Rey Theatre have teamed up with the Texas Independent Film Network and the Austin Film Society to present 1st Tuesday of the month movie screenings.
On January 3rd, the featured film is WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM; a documentary film that follows several U.S. soldiers on their personal journeys as they fight the war in Afghanistan. (CineSol also screened this documentary during their festival in September.)
Winner of the SXSW 2011 Jury Award, and a recent nominee for a 2012 Independent Spirit Award, 'WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM' has received countless rave reviews for its intimate, heartfelt look at the individuals behind the war that has become the second-longest continuous military conflict in U.S. history.

About the film: 'WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM' Directed by Heather Courtney

A documentary about growing up, 'WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM' is an intimate look at the young men who fight our wars and the families and town they come from. Returning to her hometown, Director Heather Courtney gains extraordinary access following these young men as they grow and change from teenagers stuck in their town, to 23-year-old veterans facing the struggles of returning home.

Enticed by a $20,000 signing bonus and the college tuition support, best friends Dominic and Cole join the National Guard after graduating from their rural high school. After persuading several of their friends to join them, the young men are sent to Afghanistan, where they spend their days sweeping for roadside bombs. By the time their deployment ends, they are no longer the carefree group of friends they were before enlisting; repeated bombs blowing up around their convoys have led to the new silent signature wound of the Afghan war, Traumatic Brain Injury, and they have all become increasingly disillusioned about their mission.

The challenges really begin to surface when they return to Michigan to their families and communities and try to fit back into their daily routines. 'WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM' looks beyond the guns and policy of an ongoing war to examine the effect on parents, loved ones and the whole community when young people go off to fight.

January 3, 2012 at 7pm
Cine El Rey
311 S. 17th St
McAllen, TX
FREE SCREENING!!