ISLAND SOLDIER Film Screening

March 2, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Crawford 115

The Marianas Club at 91精品黑料吃瓜M and Micronesia Connections are organizing a free campus screening of this film on Friday March 2nd, at Crawford 115, 12:30 pm, potluck. All are welcome to attend. Please see a description from the film's website below:

ISLAND SOLDIER follows members of the Nena family from one of the most remote islands in the world to the training grounds of Texas and the battlefields in Afghanistan. The death of Sapuro 芒鈧揝app芒鈧 Nena in Afghanistan makes waves through his tiny home island of Kosrae--where nearly everyone is connected to the U.S. Military directly or through family members. In an attempt to heal from his own deep wounds, Sapuro芒鈧劉s best friend in the Army, Mario Robles, heads to Kosrae with his family to meet Sapp芒鈧劉s parents for the first time and pay his respects on Veteran芒鈧劉s Day. It is an emotional gathering of two families, from opposite sides of the world, brought together by loss, love and honor.

A remote archipelago of hundreds of tiny volcanic islands in the western Pacific, The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an independent nation of 100,000 citizens, and a protectorate of the United States. In recent years, the country has become a 芒鈧搑ecruiter芒鈧劉s paradise芒鈧 for the U.S. military, especially since 9/11. Yet they have lost fives times more soldiers, per capita, than any U.S. state. The film captures a tightly knit island community芒鈧漚 microcosm of economic, social and political change, as the high price for military service in a foreign nation芒鈧劉s wars cuts deep.

Through an intricate weave of the personal journeys undertaken by Pacific Islander soldiers, the film illustrates a larger story of a remote region whose interests are caught in the ever-changing tides of international politics. ISLAND SOLDIER asks challenging questions while offering viewers a unique perspective on a globalized world. Who are these virtually unknown foreign soldiers fighting America芒鈧劉s wars? What does it mean for the United States to use, and practically discard, foreign citizens from their military? What happens to Micronesian veterans, and their families, when they return home and cannot access their benefits (healthcare, treatment for PTSD, loans, etc)? What is the future of these islands that exist at the mercy of foreign superpowers and strategic military interests? [http://www.islandsoldiermovie.com/]


Event Sponsor
Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

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