“Operation Homecoming” Scores an Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Feb 21 2008
Docurama Films 2008 film “OPERATION HOMECOMING: Writing the Wartime Experience” is up for an Oscar award this Sunday for Best Documentary Feature. Directed and produced Richard E. Robbins and Tom Yellin, the film is inspired by a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) project of the same name that gathered the writing of soldiers on the front. In 2004, the NEA sent bestselling authors including Tobias Wolff, Tim O’Brien and John Salter to military bases to teach workshops and in turn, the foundation received thousands of pages of poetry, fiction, memoir, letters, journals, and essays. OPERATION HOMECOMING is the stunning collection of these unfiltered firsthand accounts. It is a unique film offering a profound window into the human side of war and the personal battle that ensues not only on the front, but also when a soldier returns home.
OPERATION HOMECOMING combines the voice work of well-known actors like Robert Duvall, Aaron Eckhart, Josh Lucas, and Blair Underwood, with on-the-ground-footage and animation. The film differs from other contemporary war films because of its focus on the writing of soldiers’ poetry, short stories, memoirs, and essays and displays an honesty and intensity that is rarely seen in explorations of the war.
Check out a clip of the movie below:
The OPERATION HOMECOMING DVD is available at http://www.docurama.com/productdetail.html?productid=NV-NNVG102401 or wherever DVDs are sold. Check out the 80th annual Academy Awards live on Feb. 24 to see if the film snags an Oscar!
