Austin showing of "Body of War" Thursday March 13, 4p.m.

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Must See Film! The True Story of an Anti-War Hero. A documentary film by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue. Original songs by Eddie Vedder.
Join Phil Donahue and co-director Austinite Ellen Spiro for the "Body of War" Austin Premier. Q&A follow with veterans and the directors.
Paramount Theatre
713 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
Tickets available at the theater at 3PM
www.bodyofwar.com and www.bodyofwarmusic.com

This is a film about guts over there and back here, It is the "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Coming Home" for a new generation - Sean Penn

Opens Friday March 14th at The Dobie Theater

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1. I just watched the trailer

There is a lot of footage from Crawford. I'm crying.
:cry:

This is going to be so tough to see, but what this guy went through was even tougher.

Kansas City Star 3/4/08
'Body of War' soundtrack speaks to Tomas Young, subject of documentary

Tomas Young told Rolling Stone that the songs on the "Body of War" soundtrack "inspired, motivated and, at times, literally saved me." He found inspiration and salvation in 30 songs that span the spectrum of popular music.

The two-disc, 30-track collection (due in stores March 18) opens with a lovely electric-folk hymn: "Hero’s Song" by singer-songwriter Brendan James. The song’s protagonist, a soldier who volunteered to fight, wonders aloud why so many "beautiful young statues must fall," then expresses grave doubts about the battle that has erupted around him:

I hear the world like a cannon roar / Say I can win this war / I promise them this / Isn’t what I signed up for …

"Hero’s Song" doesn’t typify what follows; much of "Body of War" is the voice of protest — a blitzkrieg of defiance, anger, indignation. In the rock-reggae anthem "Light Up Ya Lighter," Michael Franti declares, This one’s nothing like Vietnam / Except for the bullets, except for the bombs / Except for the youth that’s gone. Then: The war on terror is a war on peace.

I salute you - Tomas Young
:patriot:


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