Action/Adventure, Documentary Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film about the conflict in Afghanistan. Two overlapping narratives are brilliantly intercut the life of a Marine at war on the front, and the life the same Marine in recovery, at home creating both a dreamlike quality and a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war. Following Sergeant Nathan Harris of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, during a major assault on a Taliban stronghold, and his painful return home after a severe injury, the two stories communicate both the extraordinary drama of war and the no less shocking experience of returning home.
unbelievable. so you come home and you re constantly stressed out because of all this crap. makes me want to lose my fricking mind. it s just like, my god. i would rather be in afghanistan. that s sergeant nathan harris transitioning back home to north carolina captured by our specialist camera in the oscar-nominated film hell and back again. he shaurz a story about how he was injured in afghanistan, and now through this film, the entire world gets to hear it. my legs work right now. they just have a cast because there s a metal bar in my knee to my hip holding it together. it don t look bad but it s tore up. can i give you a hug? oh, yeah. yeah.
thank you. i m so sorry. it s okay. it s okay. we welcome back to the show as our specialist filmmaker. hell and back again appears on monday, may 28. i welcome you to check it out. pbs local listings. what is the experience that you are offering us through your work? i ve been working as a photo journalist in iraq and afghanistan for a number of years, and even though my images were published, i felt like they weren t able to convey that experience, so i moved into video. in july of 2009, i was put with the company 208 of the marine division. we were dropped 18 kilometres behind energy lines and surrounded by taliban in surg s ents insurgents. a dozen had been killed, many
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