BRATS: Our Journey Home

Review ... a beautiful film... very, very well made and... a must for each and every [person] who ever lived under these circumstances... this is not an easy topic...the filmmaker has done an excellent job of laying out the major issues.... We should all support this film in the most aggressive way possible... -- John Hardy, Producer, ERIN BROKAVICH, OCEAN'S 11 4 STARS! ... a splendid documentary that explores this rarified "cruel" life of "privilege," pain and responsibility, all lived at the point of America's spear. [It] does most everything you'd want a good documentary to do - it informs us about a corner of the culture we've overlooked... and changes the way we look at these people... -- Roger Moore, Movie Critic, Orlando Sentinel and Rotten Tomatoes website I always wondered how my own children felt about growing up Army brats, but they never were able to really tell me. This film speaks for them and so many others. It moved me so much that I've bought copies to send to my son and my daughter and others who grew up in a world entirely different from their peers. -- Maj. Gen. (Retired) Jerry White, President, National Infantry Foundation Oh, my gosh. You took most of my feelings and had other people say them. I never wanted the movie to end!!! It was the most wonderful trip HOME!!! Thank you forever and ever. -- Katie Villani, Navy Brat The voice of the Brats captured on film are sharp and clear, commanding attention and more than a bit of wonder as they record what it's like to be, not men or women, but children without a home most would understand. Needless to say, I liked this movie. -- Millard Kaufman, Author, BOWL OF CHERRIES, Screenwriter, BAD DAY AT BLACKROCK, TAKE THE HIGH GROUND, NEVER SO FEW, ENOLA GAY Product Description Legendary singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson, the son of an Air Force general, leads us on a heartfelt journey into the strange but interesting life of an American military brat. Based on poignant and provocative interviews with adult brats of all ethnicities, including General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and author Mary Edwards Wertsch, BRATS is the first non-fiction film to explore this peculiar subculture from the child's point-of-view. What it's like to: Move twelve times before you graduate from high school... Feel like an outsider in your own country... Go to an integrated school 20 years before the civil rights movement... Grow up in a paradox that is idealistic and authoritarian, privileged and perilous, supportive and stifling - all at the same time... The film additionally explores how being a brat impacts adult life... when a brat leaves the armed forces environment and struggles to fit in. Featuring songs by Kris Kristofferson and archival footage from post-war Germany and Japan. BRATS is a gripping documentary with universal dimensions that should be seen by everyone concerned about children (Marlene Koenig & Betty Nicholas, Retired DoD Teachers). From the Contributor The idea for a non-fiction film about military children took root back in 1998. I was a labor lawyer-turned-writer feeling a bit out of sorts and "different" from my fellow Americans, but didn't know why. Then one day I discovered I was not alone. There are literally millions of us military BRATS scattered around the world and more are being born every day. We are raised in a separate and distinct culture that affects us deeply in both positive and negative ways. Making this cultural connection gave me a sense of belonging I had never experienced. This was empowering to a "little girl" who had moved twelve times on three continents, attended three high schools, and lost her father, an Army officer, by the time she was sixteen years old. Today, I have a film about a group of people whose only "hometowns" are each other. We have more in common with the military children and "global nomads" of other countries than with our fellow citizens. And that is my vision - that this film might be a spark in a global fire of self-awareness and belonging - that from the ashes of war might rise a nation of children committed to peace. Donna Musil, Writer-Director "BRATS: Our Journey Home" About the Actor Donna Musil, Writer-Director, "BRATS: Our Journey Home" BRATS is the seven-year work of passion of independent filmmaker Donna Musil. It's the first film Donna has directed and produced. Before embarking on BRATS, Donna wrote a variety of scripts, including ANANSE, a children's animated film based on African folktales, which is currently in development with Visionex/Ghana and Melendez Films/London. She codirected a staged reading of her original feature, TO KINGDOM COME, with Producer Judith Pearlman, in NY Women in Film & TV's 1998 Screenplay Reading Series, representing "some of the best developing women screenwriters." Other credits include REBUILDING AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES, The Carter Center documentary about inner-city poverty (PBS, 1997 WorldFest Int'l Film Festival Silver Award), and dozens of educat
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