Sgt. Nathan Harris has a great story. Not too uncommon from many battle veteran soldiers.
The director took pieces of war and civilian footage to make a movie. The film maker uses the footage to show his personal feelings of war. I do say movie and film maker, because it is hard to call this 100% documentary.
Of course critical acclaim comes from a group that has political stances that are shared with the film maker.
This does not take away from Sgt. Nathan Harris. His journey in war and readjusting to life at home is a story that people need to see. The story itself is very real. But, there is a bias from the film maker that is easily seen throughout the film. But, in reality it makes you feel for Harris a lot more. Knowing that the film crew knew how they were going to portray things and betray confidence.
The director did not show any footage to the Harris prior to completion nor did he receive an invite to showings even for an Oscar nominated movie. Further showing that soldiers have enemies at home as well as on the battlefield.
The director took pieces of war and civilian footage to make a movie. The film maker uses the footage to show his personal feelings of war. I do say movie and film maker, because it is hard to call this 100% documentary.
Of course critical acclaim comes from a group that has political stances that are shared with the film maker.
This does not take away from Sgt. Nathan Harris. His journey in war and readjusting to life at home is a story that people need to see. The story itself is very real. But, there is a bias from the film maker that is easily seen throughout the film. But, in reality it makes you feel for Harris a lot more. Knowing that the film crew knew how they were going to portray things and betray confidence.
The director did not show any footage to the Harris prior to completion nor did he receive an invite to showings even for an Oscar nominated movie. Further showing that soldiers have enemies at home as well as on the battlefield.