The Enemy. (The current crop of war documentaries)
Chosin
The Invisible War
Their Position
To Hell and Back Again trades hard on its critical acclaim. The top half of their homepage are quotes about the film and there is almost nothing about the content of the documentary itself.
Chosin focuses on the support's ability to request a screening, to help support the film. However this website hasn't been very well updated in about a year.
The Invisible War is striking because it is also a call to action. This film is about an injustice that occurred during the current US military actions. They as well offer supporters a chance host private screenings.
Our Position
Our movie is a personal call to action. It has a clear path that is advocated in the film. We all feel as if we are doing an important service. We have tried to become a part of the community that has shared itself with us, and to be a value to the community.
Us vs Them
Blivits! does not quite match up with any of these films in a market sense because it will never be sold on my abilities as a filmmaker. I feel like that would be disingenuous to the stories that I have been given access to in the process of making this film. We will also do much more work in attempting to reach the veteran community. We hope that we are doing THEM the service. This film is a cause in the same sense that Invisible War is, accept that the call to action is not political, its personal. Each person moved to listen to their parents or grandparents, makes all the difference.
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