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Soldier Girls
1981 film by Nick Broomfield
1981 film by Nick Broomfield
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Soldier Girls (1981 film).jpg |
| caption | Film poster |
| released | |
| distributor | First Run Features |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
Soldier Girls is a 1981 documentary film by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill (who were a married couple at the time of the filming), shot in fourteen weeks in Fort Gordon, Georgia, about several women training in the US army.
Summary
Under the aggressive Sergeant Abing are several young women, some dedicated to defending their country, others who seem to have been forced into joining by circumstance. Several of these recruits become harder and colder through the course of their basic training at Fort Gordon.
Accolades
- BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
- Grand Jury Prize Documentary - Sundance Film Festival
In popular culture
Excerpts from the film are used in U2's song "Seconds" on their third album, War.
References
References
- [https://www.screenslate.com/articles/soldier-girls Screen Slate]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=XGmCDwAAQBAJ Documentary Superstar - Google Books (ch. "Transforming The Image of Truth")]
- Dell'Oso, Anna-Maria. (July 7, 1983). "Soldier Girls dwells on ugly side of US Army". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- [https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/soldier-girls/Film?oid=1073404 Chicago Reader]
- [https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/soldier-girls/ Film at Lincoln Center]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/30/movies/film-soilder-girl-in-today-s-army.html FILM: '{{sic. SOI. LDER
- [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/04/16/stunning-soldier-girls/7e4590b4-7ed3-4635-b3e0-ba681e99a05a/ Stunning 'Soldier Girls' - The Washington Post]
- [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/soldier-girls-v45508 AllMovie]
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000631/1982/1/?ref_=evov_eh Sundance Film Festival (1982) - IMDb]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpsAg5ypK4Y Seconds posted on U2's official YouTube channel]
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