Film Screening: BRATS: Our Journey Home
Military - Film/Video
Thursday, October 1, 2009
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Providence Public Library, Central
Auditorium Theater, 3rd floor
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
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BRATS: Our Journey Home, is the the first documentary about growing up military, narrated by Air Force brat Kris Kristofferson. After the film, Writer-Director and Army brat Donna Musil will lead a town hall meeting.
This free screening is presented by Brats Without Borders, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit educational organization that launched its "Operation Military Brat," in Washington DC this year to raise awareness of the challenges facing military brats of all ages--acknowledging and celebrating their existence, sacrifices, and contributions, while working to improve the quality of their lives. As part of this effort, Operation Military Brat sponsored this screening and will also donate informational books and materials to Providence Public Library.
What is a BRAT?
In the United States, an estimated 5% of our citizens are "military brats." This is an historic and time-honored reference to military children based on the acronym, "British Regimental Attached Troops." They are every age, race, religion, and class, but most Americans don't even know Brats exist, except peripherally, as silent appendages to their parents. Operation Military Brat hopes to change all that.
The average brat moves 9-12 times before they graduate from high school. One or both parents can be absent for weeks or years, depending on their deployment. Brats grow up in a paradox that is idealistic and authoritarian, privileged and perilous, supportive and stifling -- all at the same time. When brats leave the military environment, they frequently flounder. They feel out of sync with the "normal" world, but don't understand why.
Operation Military Brat helps them understand that feeling different is normal for brats. They are just like all the other millions of brats who have supported their military parents – and their country – throughout history. Brats do belong – not to a place, but to each other – and that makes all the difference in the world...
To support Brats Without Borders' efforts or to find out more about Operation Military Brat, please visit our www.operationmilitarybrat.org or contact Timothy Wurtz, BRATS Co-Producer: 310.914.1702 (tim@bratsfilm.com);or Donna Musil, BRATS Writer-Director, Executive Director, Brats Without Borders: 478.968.0102 (donna@bratsfilm.com).
Cost: FREE
Suggested Audiences:
Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School
E-mail:
calendar@provlib.org
Last Modified: August 24, 2009 at 4:33 PM
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Film Screening: BRATS: Our Journey Home
Military - Film/Video
Thursday, October 1, 2009
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Providence Public Library, Central
Auditorium Theater, 3rd floor
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Google Maps - MapQuest
BRATS: Our Journey Home, is the the first documentary about growing up military, narrated by Air Force brat Kris Kristofferson. After the film, Writer-Director and Army brat Donna Musil will lead a town hall meeting.
This free screening is presented by Brats Without Borders, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit educational organization that launched its "Operation Military Brat," in Washington DC this year to raise awareness of the challenges facing military brats of all ages--acknowledging and celebrating their existence, sacrifices, and contributions, while working to improve the quality of their lives. As part of this effort, Operation Military Brat sponsored this screening and will also donate informational books and materials to Providence Public Library.
What is a BRAT?
In the United States, an estimated 5% of our citizens are "military brats." This is an historic and time-honored reference to military children based on the acronym, "British Regimental Attached Troops." They are every age, race, religion, and class, but most Americans don't even know Brats exist, except peripherally, as silent appendages to their parents. Operation Military Brat hopes to change all that.
The average brat moves 9-12 times before they graduate from high school. One or both parents can be absent for weeks or years, depending on their deployment. Brats grow up in a paradox that is idealistic and authoritarian, privileged and perilous, supportive and stifling -- all at the same time. When brats leave the military environment, they frequently flounder. They feel out of sync with the "normal" world, but don't understand why.
Operation Military Brat helps them understand that feeling different is normal for brats. They are just like all the other millions of brats who have supported their military parents – and their country – throughout history. Brats do belong – not to a place, but to each other – and that makes all the difference in the world...
To support Brats Without Borders' efforts or to find out more about Operation Military Brat, please visit our www.operationmilitarybrat.org or contact Timothy Wurtz, BRATS Co-Producer: 310.914.1702 (tim@bratsfilm.com);or Donna Musil, BRATS Writer-Director, Executive Director, Brats Without Borders: 478.968.0102 (donna@bratsfilm.com).
Cost: FREE
Sponsored by: Brats Without Borders
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School
E-mail: calendar@provlib.org
Last Modified: August 24, 2009 at 4:33 PM
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