View 'This is Where We Take Our Stand,': Winter Soldier Iraq/Afghanistan hearings.

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Today, View the Third Installment of 'This is Where We Take Our Stand,' Groundbreaking Web-Only Series Featuring Soldiers' and Veterans' Iraq and Afghanistan War Testimony





More Than 40,000 Online Viewers Know the Truth. . .Do You?

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Displaced Films (Sir! No Sir!) and Northern Light Productions (Unfinished Symphony), along with the Iraq Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier Project, are launching the third episode of the web series "This is Where We Take Our Stand." The series tells the story of last year's Winter Soldier Iraq/Afghanistan hearings from the inside -- going beyond the testimony to the people whose lives, experiences, and struggles made that historic event possible. The six-episode series will be posted consecutively, every two weeks, throughout the summer. More than 40,000 have experienced the trailer and first two episodes. . . and the number grows daily.

In March 2008, 250 veterans and active duty soldiers marked the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by gathering in Washington, DC, to testify from their own experience about the nature of the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Episodes One and Two presented some of the most moving and intense testimony and, today, Episode Three tells the riveting story of the veterans' struggle to make Winter Soldier a reality.

David Zeiger, Director of Sir! No Sir' (the 2006 film that told the suppressed story of the GI Movement to end the Vietnam War), and this series, said, "It was chilling, horrifying, and challenging for all who witnessed the testimony. This story is as relevant now as it was one year ago, and we hope that the series will kickstart the debate about these wars that has virtually disappeared since Barack Obama became President."

Perry O'Brien, a former medic in Afghanistan and spokesperson for the Iraq Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier Project said, "Watch the series; spread it far and wide. Then add your voice. If you are a veteran or active duty, present your own testimony. If you are not, then do whatever you can to join and fan the flames of debate. As the Occupation of Afghanistan is expanded and little changes in Iraq, the voices and stories of Winter Soldier are needed more than ever."

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