Unknown Distance

Unknown Distance

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS - BEST DOCUMENTARY

A film by Gordon Clark

DIRECTED BY

Gordon Clark

WRITTEN BY

Herman Forstman, Gordon Clark

PRODUCED BY

Gordon Clark, Marleah Stout

CAST

Douglas Brown, Mike James, Eric Darling, Aaron Riekenberg, Chris Tomlin, Dan Lopez, Mike Bernison, Mirwais Zakhlwal

SYNOPSIS

Without a crew, carrying only a video camera and a sudden and compelling commitment to understand and document their story, filmmaker, Gordon Clark, takes us on a journey with Marine Sniper, Sgt. Douglas Brown, across America, filming and bearing witness to the stories of this returning combat vet and his fellow soldiers. How do they fit back into a society that supported them when they enlisted, but became ambivalent when they returned to a country they killed to defend?

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Unknown Distance

DIRECTED BY: Gordon Clark

WRITTEN BY: Herman Forstman, Gordon Clark

PRODUCED BY: Gordon Clark, Marleah Stout

CAST: Douglas Brown, Mike James, Eric Darling, Aaron Riekenberg, Chris Tomlin, Dan Lopez, Mike Bernison, Mirwais Zakhlwal

SYNOPSIS:
Without a crew, carrying only a video camera and a sudden and compelling commitment to understand and document their story, filmmaker, Gordon Clark, takes us on a journey with Marine Sniper, Sgt. Douglas Brown, across America, filming and bearing witness to the stories of this returning combat vet and his fellow soldiers. How do they fit back into a society that supported them when they enlisted, but became ambivalent when they returned to a country they killed to defend?