Published: July 11, 2011
Hell and Back Again Opens October 5
Docurama Films is pleased to present the U.S. theatrical premiere of HELL AND BACK AGAIN, a film by acclaimed photojournalist Danfung Dennis about coming home from war, and winner of two prizes at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
A master filmmaker and photographer, Dennis follows 25-year-old Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris on his most difficult mission: coming home after being seriously wounded in Afghanistan. Embedded with Harris's unit during their assault on a Taliban stronghold, Dennis brilliantly toggles between the intense experience of war, stunningly photographed by the director himself, and the challenges of re-adjusting to civilian life in small town North Carolina.
HELL AND BACK AGAIN brings the war home in ways that make gun-toting soldiering look like a day at the beach compared with the physical and psychic scars that manifest upon returning home. Intimately contrasting the intensity of the frontline with one soldier's harsh acclimation to physical disability, family and the normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.
HELL AND BACK AGAIN opens on October 5th at Film Forum in New York, followed by a nationwide theatrical release. Advance press screenings will be held on July 18th and August 9th. See below for details.
The Critics Rave:
"A vivid and moving testament to what's really going on in Afghanistan, and in the hearts and minds of the soldiers fighting there." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"HELL AND BACK AGAIN has a surprisingly glossy, cinematic look, be it the bright sun of Afghanistan or the neon and streetlights of North Carolina. The film has an intimacy and directness that brings a heightened sense of emotion to such everyday things." Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
"The images (Dennis) brings back are painterly and expressive, both exceptionally real in their photojournalistic quality and physically vivid as cinema." Robert Koehler, Variety
"A must see!" Michael Rapkin, GQ
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