SEGMENT TWO Veterans Tribute - Sat April 24th 2-3:30pm ET - Casualty of Time, Her Cold Hands, We Left As Brothers, and Panelists Jeremiah Jahi and crew members from Operation Encore
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The Experience For You
IFI will host the 2021 Festival online. There will be two film segments. Viewers have the choice of purchasing tickets for either segment or can purchase a discounted ticket for both segments.
The first segment will include six films and start at 11am ET. Three of the films are by a talented filmmaker from Iowa named Severn Lang. He will join us to discuss his unique films and answer questions from you. A colorful documentary about helping those who’ve suffered persecution in other countries will be next. Then we have a 30 minute throwback comedy called Skidoo Ruins. The director, Craig Calman, who worked with the great Laurel and Hardy director Hal Roach and famous actress Betty Davis will be with us to answer your questions about the film. And finally, our foreign film this year is a thriller by Italian filmmaker, Filippo Giani. And that will close out the first segment at 1:30 pm.
Continuing our tradition of Saluting the Veterans, the second segment is a tribute to those who served. There will be three films, all produced by veterans. The first film is Casualty of Time and Jeremiah Jahi, director, will be with us to discuss the film. Then we have a beautiful music video featuring a new song by Stephen Covell who served as a combat medic in the 82 Airborne on two tours during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Encore, who helped produce the film, is a non-profit veterans organization that provides opportunities for veteran and active duty singer-songwriters and musicians to take their music to the next level through artist development, professional recording, and industry-focused educational services. Members of the crew and Operation Encore will join us. And to end the Veterans Tribute, “We Left as Brothers,” a story about Vietnam vets returning to visit Vietnam, will be screened. IFI is an official fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project, and now also for Operation Encore. There is a direct Donate link to both on the website.
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Film(s) To Be Screened
We Left As Brothers
Left As Brothers – Directed by Evan Musgrave and Produced by Evan Musgrave and Todd DePastino
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, six US veterans return to Vietnam to make peace with their experiences.
Guest Panelists: Crew Members and Operation Encore Partners
Her Cold Hands
Her Cold Hands – Directed by Matthew McKee and Produced by Guy and Tracy Jacquier
Singer-songwriter Stephen Covell served as a combat medic in the 82 Airborne on two tours during Operation Iraqi Freedom. This is his music video. About this video he wrote the following, “Take what’s ugly in yourself and turn it into something beautiful. Repurpose the hurt, the shame, and the guilt, all the secret feelings we are told we shouldn’t share. The more we shine a light on the darkness, the less power it has over us.”
Panelists: Crew Members will be on hand to talk about their film and their mission
Casualty of Time
Casualty of Time – Written and Directed by Jeremiah Jahi and Produced by Jeremiah Jahi and Dele Ogundiran
A Marine becomes a CASUALTY OF TIME in his own life when he refuses deal with his father’s tragedy.
Guest Panelist: Jeremiah Jahi
Director of of the film, Jeremiah Jahi, is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served in the Gulf War. It was his choice to join the Marine Corps that he says forever changed his life for the better.
He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and shortly after wrote, directed and starred in the award winning short film, The Meeting, which screened at over twenty five festivals and won four awards. Jeremiah is the founder of Ashview Heights Entertainment, Inc. The first production under his company is the short film CASUALTY OF TIME
He says, “I have decided to spend my life learning and developing my craft as a writer and director – embracing the tools of love, hard work, creativity, and perseverance to let my humanity shine to the world as a storyteller. Just maybe, someday my work will inspire someone else to live and dream beyond the mood or spirit of there surroundings.”
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Screening Location
Online Screening
You will recieve the link to watch online after you RSVP.
Viewing Time
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April 24, 2021, 2:00 pm EST
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Event is over, tickets no longer available.
Video-On-Demand Availability
VOD Start: April 24, 2021, 8:00 pm
VOD End: April 30, 2021, 11:00 pm
VOD Playback will be limited between those dates.
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