To Whom It May Concern:
I am a video journalist looking for a stop-lossed soldier who is interested in sharing his or her story. I work for Current TV, a cable news channel and website for the 18-34 year old demographic.
For our parents, it was Vietnam; for our grandparents, World War II—-the War on Terror launched after September 11th is OUR GENERATION’S WAR. With previous wars of this magnitude, our country as a whole was asked to sacrifice either through rationing or drafting of their service. The War on Terror—-funded mostly on debt—-has not asked much of our society as a whole, but it has demanded a tremendous sacrifice from those who entered the service before Sept. 11th and those who have joined up since. What exactly does this burden look and feel like?
Rather than focusing on stories of direct combat, we’re focusing our attention on the home front. I am working with Current journalists from around the country, attempting to document the entire cycle of service: from recruitment to extensions of service commitments to what our service people find when they return home and the families they leave behind.
In particular, I am looking for a soldier who is being stop-lossed or was stop-lossed in the past. I would like to spend a day with this person, first conducting a filmed interview, then shadowing this person to see what a “day in the life” is like.
If you would be willing to speak with me, or if you know any stop-lossed soldiers who would like to be interviewed for this project, please send me an email. If anonymity is an issue, I would be able to blur faces, etc. The deadline for submitting pieces for this Collective Work is July 23, so I would like to film as early as next weekend, July 19-20.
Thank you for your help, and for your sacrifice.
Sincerely,
Steven
P.S. Here are links to similar short documentaries I have done for Current in the past few months:
http://current.com/items/88807958_trent_loves_greg
http://current.com/items/88817993_the_volunteers
http://current.com/items/88927129_litter_into_literature
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1 comment:
Hey Steven, it's Chris Thompson, your good ol' former Yorba Linda neighbor. Was just passing by your site and saw this. I'd be very interested in seeing a documentary you produce about stop-lossed soldiers, considering I was personally less than a week away from being stop-lossed myself after my initial army active duty obligation.
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