Screening Time: Friday, May 12, 7:00 PM, Charles Theatre 4

Director: Richard Hankin

Cast: Jeremy Feldbusch, Charlene Feldbusch, Brace Feldbusch, Ryan Kelly, Heath Calhoun, John Melia

Country: USA
Year: 2006
Running Time: 93:00 minutes
Format: Beta SP

Ever since Vietnam, thanks to television and now the internet, war has been immediate for us spectators. The usual boundaries- time and distance- were obliterated. In this Iraq War reality got telescoped further, to the point we were seeing the close up results of bombings from alternate television broadcasts before the bombers did. Oddly, none of this helped explain very much.

Home Front explains a lot. Not about policy, or strategy, or tactics, but it explains how one human, for awhile an instrument of war, begins the long process of starting over. Jeremy Feldbusch, by all accounts a terrific soldier, comes home to his small town in Pennsylvania seriously injured. It’s a town full of patriots who care deeply for their children. They are helped immeasurably by vet John Melia, and the Wounded Warrior Project. Their love for Jeremy, and for America, is profound, in a way missed by most speeches. But, for Jeremy and the friends and family who love him, the cost of this war is unalterable and all encompassing.

Patiently, and with great understanding, Home Front shows you how a life gets rebuilt. With great humor, and many twists in the road, the filmmaker allows us to share a journey with unbelievable intimacy. Recovering from war takes a brave young man and a loving family, a town that won’t quit, and a network of soldiers who know war extends beyond the battlefield.

--Jed Dietz

Presented By: Richard Hankin, Jeremy Feldbusch

Richard Hankin, grew up in the Baltimore area, and has already established a successful career editing award-winning documentaries. His work on Capturing the Friedmans, which screened at MFF 2003 to sold out houses, won universal praise. Richard has a degree from UC-Berkeley, and a Masters Degree from Columbia University.