Afterwords Books discussion

Larry Brown has suggested "The Invisible War" as a future documentary club choice: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2120152/?...

Here's a link to an NPR discussion: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/11/1714040...

We will be watching this March 22 at 8pm. You can watch the trailer at the movie's official website.

I can already tell this will likely be uncomfortable and frustrating to watch (aka, a great documentary!).

It is an excellent documentary but incredibly frustrating.

meet at new location for this one: 232 S Buchanan Street

http://www.underthegunreview.net/2013...

No doubt, this will be a tough one to get through:

"As a testament to the horrific power of sexual assault, I encourage you to see, yet cannot recommend the documentary The Invisible War about sexual assault in the military. http://invisiblewarmovie.com/. The reason I say that I cannot recommend it is that it is so well done, so clear and devastating that it will put you through quite a wringer. I do hope you see it but damn, it’s hard. In the interviews with women who have been assaulted by fellow members, the damage that has been done to these good people is monumental."

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/20/1747567...

"This was hard to watch" doesn't fully grasp how impactful this documentary was. I was physically uncomfortable watching these women, and their families, retell their horrifying ordeals.

A film like this can spark sadness, hopelessness and outrage in those who watch it. My main emotion was fury. By the time this was over I was so pissed off at the system that allows these crimes to continue, rarely with any justice whatsoever.

Now that I've reflected on it some more I'd like to backtrack on my rant about the military being full of "F****** assholes" who are only serving because they were too dumb to get a job or go to school. I was pretty upset.

That doesn't change my opinion that if you are part of an organization that commits such atrocities that, yourself, by not doing or saying anything about it are complicit in those atrocities. How can someone continue to be a part of an organization with this type of record of abuse, cover-up, victim-blaming, etc.

I'm still upset.