My Child - Mothers of War

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My Child - Mothers of War
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94 min. , color
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1 Februar
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This film documents the rarely heard voices of the mothers of our country's soldiers. These women represent the nearly two-hundred-thousand mothers whose children have risked their lives since 9/11. They remind us that the "cost-of-war" is not a statistic, but a real burden that they carry every minute of every hour of every day!
Virginia Morton, Antioch, CA My Child: "I don't want my son killed there. So in keeping himself safe, he will have to kill someone else, but the person that he's killing is a son or daughter and they have a mom and that mom loves their child as much as I love mine. I don't want to bury my son. But for my son to be safe, someone else has to die
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Mr. Baroody und die Mütter - Essay über Funktionalisierung von ”Mütter und Krieg”.
In: Emma 4 (1999), 42-43.

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Official homepage:
http://www.mychildthemovie.com/

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival awarded in 2006 with Director's Award for Angeliki Giannakopoulos.

LA Femme Film Festival awarded in 2006 with the award for the Best Documentary for Angeliki Giannakopoulos.
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