The Power of Story
Most of us have experienced the power of storytelling. We remember, catalogue, and relate our lives through story. In the making, sharing, and viewing of BRAVO! COMMON MEN, UNCOMMON VALOR, we all...
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The phone jangled—1992 or 1993—and when I answered it, a voice out of my past said, “Is this Kenny Rodgers?” I wondered who it was and then kind of remembered and then he said, “You may not remember...
View ArticleLady Filmmakers Film Festival
Friends, our new film, I MARRIED THE WAR, will be shown at the LADY FILMMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 5:15 PM Pacific Time. If you are in the...
View ArticlePremiering Our New Film
Friends and supporters of BRAVO!: Our new documentary film about the wives of combat survivors, I Married the War, is now finished. The conversation is just beginning. November 6th – 7:00 pm Eastern...
View ArticleDon’t Miss the Premiere
Our first film, BRAVO! COMMON MEN, UNCOMMON VALOR, was about a lot of things: History, war, courage, danger and trauma. And a more visceral understanding of trauma may be one of the messages that many...
View ArticleNews on Screenings of BRAVO!
We will be screening BRAVO! COMMON MEN, UNCOMMON VALOR in West Jefferson, North Carolina at 3:00 PM on Thursday, November 18. Come join us at the Parkway Theater. Filmmakers Betty and Ken Rodgers will...
View ArticleJanuary 21, 2022
In Their Own Words Fifty-four years ago today, the Siege of Khe Sanh commenced and for roughly 77 days, the battle roared and the scenes of carnage and death and courage were featured on television...
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In Their Own Words Fifty-four years ago, the Siege of Khe Sanh had switched into high gear. Tet churned the South Vietnamese landscape. On February 4th, the NVA assaulted Hill 861-A, breached the...
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February 25, 2022 In Their Own Words Fifty-four years ago today, one of the most despairing events of the entire battle known as the Siege of Khe Sanh occurred. Third Platoon, Bravo Company, 26th...
View ArticleSemper Fidelis
There’s a photograph of BRAVO! Marine Tom Quigley receiving a purple heart medal while in a hospital bed somewhere in or near the Republic of South Vietnam. The photo was taken on April 1, 1968, two...
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