On this Memorial Day 2022 in Boston, it could not be a more beautiful day of warm sunshine, blue skies and
billowy white clouds which makes even more poignant the scene of thousands of flags placed in orderly rows
across a wide expanse of historic Boston Common, each one signifying -- this was a life lost in service to our
country.  Tributes honoring the fallen brought people together today in cities and towns across the nation.

At the Veteran Children Project we add our sincerest respect and gratitude for all who have served and given their
lives. We also want to acknowledge their families, who have endured the tragic loss of a son or daughter,
brother or sister, mother or father. 

Our film which puts a spotlight on the struggles, sacrifices, and strengths of military children and families was affirmed at the London International Film Festival. We are pleased they nominated us for Best Short Documentary.

Our goal in 2021 is to share the film Veteran Children at live screenings, if that is possible in light of Covid, as well as through virtual screenings and virtual events. 

As we work to set these up, we are still reaching new audiences, in the U.S. at the Chicago Indie Film Awards and in Germany at the Berlin Film Festival. We're pleased to have received film awards at both festivals.

As we launch into 2021, here's an update of our film, Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War.

Although we had to cancel our planned 2020 screenings due to the COVID pandemic, we were pleased to be nominated in June for a Regional Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

We kept active by reaching audiences through film festivals that screened films online due to the pandemic. Veteran Children was selected and received numerous awards in 2020, including from the Miami Independent Film Festival, Best Shorts Competition, Impact Docs Awards and Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.  Awards in 2021 thus far include the Short Docs Film Festival and New York Film Awards.

In 2021 we look forward to having virtual film screenings with discussions to bring together the military community and civilians across the country. Our film is a springboard for important conversations about the often invisible impacts of war on those who serve, their families, and their children.

Please contact us if you are interested in organizing a virtual screening.
We are eager to help you see and share the film.

Wishing everyone a healthy and happy year ahead.

As COVID-19 moves across the globe and our nation it is taking lives, upending economies, and forcing dramatic disruptions to everyday life. We at the Veteran Children Project want to express our deepest gratitude to the doctors, nurses, hospital staff, first responders and all those who are taking care of us and keeping essential services going. Their work is heroic and done at risk to their own lives and the lives of their families. Among them are thousands of men and women who serve in the military.

We say thank you to everyone on the front lines combating the pandemic.

Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War was featured on MIT Radio in Cambridge, Mass. on 1/31/20.
Talking with Linda Pinkow, host  of WMBR 88.1's What's Left program we discuss why we made the film,
the profound ways children and families are impacted by a family member going to war, and how we hope
the film will bridge the military-civilian divide.

PLEASE JOIN US at an important screening of our documentary
film Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War
Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 pm at the Coolidge Corner Theatre,
290 Harvard St. Brookline, MA

The film is a half hour long and will be followed by a
community discussion moderated by Alan Khazei, co-founder
of CityYear. All proceeds will be donated to Home Base Program,
a Red Sox/MGH partnership which provides life-saving clinical care
and support for the treatment of the invisible wounds of war to
veterans and their families.

Panelists Susan Hackley, the film's producer, Martha Jackson,
co-producer, and Jacque Francona, Family Outreach Coordinator
at Home Base Program will share the stories of military families,
examine the different costs of war, and explore ways that civilians
and veterans can come together.