In recognition of Veterans Day, Chatham Community Library will host a virtual film screening of Service: When Women Come Marching Home (2012), beginning Thursday, November 9, and continuing through Thursday, November 16, 2023.

Women make up 15 percent of today's military. That number is expected to double in 10 years. Service highlights the resourcefulness of seven amazing women who represent the first wave of mothers, daughters and sisters returning home from the frontless wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. Portraying the courage of women veterans as they transition from active duty to their civilian lives, this powerful film describes the horrific traumas they have faced, the inadequate care they often receive on return, and the large and small accomplishments they work mightily to achieve.

These are the stories we hear about from men returning from war, but rarely from women veterans. Through compelling portraits, we watch these women wrestle with prostheses, homelessness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Sexual Trauma. The documentary takes the audience on a journey from the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq to rural Tennessee and urban New York City, from coping with amputations, to flashbacks, triggers and depression to ways to support other vets.

 Film Highlights and Awards:

• Chargin Falls Documenta Film Festival - Honourable Mention, Best Feature Documentary
• San Antonio Film Festival
• NY Emmy Award Winner for Best Military Program

 Access to the virtual screening will be available beginning Thursday, November 9, by clicking HERE.  A password is required at the time of viewing. 

Please contact social.library@chathamlibraries.org to request the password or for additional information.

This program is free and open to the public.