Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War gives voice and visibility to more than 2.7 million American children whose parents deployed
to war since 9/11. Candid and unscripted, military children opened up to tell us their personal stories. They share what they felt and experienced
when their parents were deployed to war and when they come home. Many parents return with significant visible and invisible wounds that last
a long time and even a lifetime. Children become caregivers at a young age. We conveyed their earnest stories through film to bring awareness to
the psychological and emotional impacts war has on children and families.
The film premiered on Indiana Public Television (PBS) in April, 2019. We have had many public and private screenings in Indianapolis, Boston, Washington, DC, and New Orleans. In 2020 it was a finalist for a regional Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Veteran Children continues to be well-received by audiences in the U.S. and around the globe. It has been accepted to twenty-six film festivals and received over a dozen awards nationally and internationally.
As military parents continue to be deployed to conflict zones and dangerous locations, the film remains relevant and it gives insights into the many impacts and costs of war.
We hope that you take the time to watch the half-hour documentary and share it with family, friends, and colleagues. All of these stories are our stories, our nation's stories.
to war since 9/11. Candid and unscripted, military children opened up to tell us their personal stories. They share what they felt and experienced
when their parents were deployed to war and when they come home. Many parents return with significant visible and invisible wounds that last
a long time and even a lifetime. Children become caregivers at a young age. We conveyed their earnest stories through film to bring awareness to
the psychological and emotional impacts war has on children and families.
The film premiered on Indiana Public Television (PBS) in April, 2019. We have had many public and private screenings in Indianapolis, Boston, Washington, DC, and New Orleans. In 2020 it was a finalist for a regional Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Veteran Children continues to be well-received by audiences in the U.S. and around the globe. It has been accepted to twenty-six film festivals and received over a dozen awards nationally and internationally.
As military parents continue to be deployed to conflict zones and dangerous locations, the film remains relevant and it gives insights into the many impacts and costs of war.
We hope that you take the time to watch the half-hour documentary and share it with family, friends, and colleagues. All of these stories are our stories, our nation's stories.
Watch our half hour documentary
Veteran Kids: This 6-minute piece features a candid conversation between military children and civilian children as they ask questions and share experiences. You will hear sincere and poignant stories that model the productive conversations that are possible when we connect across the military-civilian divide -- a young girl who speaks with pride about her dad’s service while describing her chronic fears for his safety; a teen boy who talks about going into his mom’s room and seeing how tidy it is -- a reminder that she is deployed to a war. These stories are unscripted and give us all a chance to consider what the experience of war is for the more than 2.7 million children whose parents have gone to our post 9/11 wars.
Watch our 6 minute film
Trailer: We expand the exploration about the impact of war on military children in this 8-minute trailer filmed in North Carolina and Indiana, which includes discussions with veterans, their families, psychologists, educators and other experts, directed by Michael Nash.
Watch our 8 minute short film
Producer Susan Hackley speaks with community members
Senator Joe Donnelly
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Professor Diane Levin
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In this short film, United States Senator Joe Donnelly from Indiana speaks about the importance of learning from veteran families about the impact of war on them
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In this 16-minute interview, Producer Susan Hackley asks Professor Diane Levin specifically about how children experience parents going to war and learning about war.
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