There is a film in this year’s GI Film Festival line-up for everyone.  Overall the festival schedule will show 31 film premieres with action, romance, comedy, and drama all represented.  Here are five stand-outs that you must see.

1.  They Wereth Eleven

They Wereth Eleven is an amazing film directed by award winning director Robert Child about the untold story of 11 African American soldiers who were slaughtered by the SS in WWII.

2. A Marine’s Guide to Fishing

A Marine’s Guide to Fishing , directed by Nicholas Brennan, stars Matthew Pennington, a former Marine with three combat tours under his belt.  Pennington also received the Purple Heart after loosing his leg in an IED attack.   This film beautifully portrays the struggle with reintegration following a deployment. (more…)

There are many Iraq War documentaries on the market, but few are as exciting and honest as “Triangle of Death,” directed by first time filmmaker Marine CPL Folleh Tamba.  Triangle of Death shares the story of the marines of Echo Company 3rd Platoon as they endured life changing experiences, fought a war, trained a nation’s army, endured daily mortar and sniper fire, and managed to survive a year in Iraq’s deadliest zone, the triangle of death. The marines of 2/24 worked together through these hardships to create the only outcome they could imagine in their world: Mission Accomplishment. (more…)