2008 Films

CENTER FRAME: Body of War

Saturday, April 5th, 1:15pm
Duration: 122 min
Venue: Carolina Theater - Fletcher Hall
Premium Event
  • CENTER FRAME: Body of War

    2007. USA. 87 mins. Directed by Ellen Spiro, Phil Donahue. Produced by Ellen Spiro, Phil Donahue.

    Thomas Young joined the U.S. Army on September 13, 2001, eager to defend his country. Three years later he was deployed to Iraq and, within a week, shot in the spine by an Iraqi sniper. Body of War follows Young, now in a wheelchair,for a year, as he painfully and courageously transforms himself into an anti-war activist, traversing the country to speak out for peace.With candor, humor, and raw emotion, Young brings home to us the unimaginable struggles, both physical and mental, that face our returning soldiers.

Conversation following screening with directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, moderated by Tom Rankin, director of the Center For Documentary Studies at Duke University