TEAM

Executive producers Travis Weiner and Tommy Furlong are combat veterans who worked together at a Boston-area nonprofit providing clinical care to veterans and their families for traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and other invisible wounds of war. They were frustrated by civilians and officials who referred to them as heroes but weren’t interested in listening to their experiences and feelings about the wars they fought. Over and over, they worked with veterans who felt the same frustration. They told each other that someone should make a documentary film to give Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans a chance to tell their true stories, and realized that ‘someone’ would have to be them. They asked Catie Foertsch, a veteran corporate filmmaker, who was honored to help make this important film.

Army vehicle destroyed by IED in Iraq
US troops guard Iraqi children walking to school
US medivac helicopter

BIOS

Executive producer Travis Weiner served with the 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from 2004-2009, deploying twice to Iraq. Travis left the army in 2009 as a Sergeant. He attended the University of Massachusetts, earning his degree in 2012, and then worked for Mass General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation's Home Base Program as a Veteran Outreach Worker/Peer Support Specialist. He left in 2014 to attend the University of Colorado Law School. He currently works as a Senior Deputy State Public Defender in Weld County, Colorado. 

Executive producer Tommy Furlong served as an Infantry Officer with 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment from 2008-2011. He deployed in 2010 to Afghanistan as a Rifle Platoon Commander, Weapons Platoon Commander and Fire Support Team Leader. Tommy left the Marine Corps in 2011 as a Captain, and worked for Mass General Hospital and the Red Sox Foundation's Home Base Program. He earned a graduate degree at Northeastern University and works in the semiconductor industry. He lives in the greater Boston area with his wife and two children.

Producer / director Catie Foertsch is a former journalist and award-winning corporate filmmaker who lives in greater Boston. This is her first feature-length documentary film.