Lioness /

This DVD is a feature-length documentary film about 5 female U.S. Army soldiers who served in Iraq as support, but attached to all-male infantry units in the Army and Marines. Lioness recounts their experiences at war and what it is like to return home as part of America's first generation of f...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Room 11 Productions (Firm), Chicken & Egg Pictures (Firm), Impact Partners (Firm)
Other Authors:	McLagan, Meg, Sommers, Daria
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : Room 11 Productions, [2008]
Edition:	Deluxe educational ed.
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Infantry Division, 1st. > Brigade Combat Team, 1st. > Engineer Battalion, 1st. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Participation, Female. Women in combat > United States. Women veterans > United States. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	This DVD is a feature-length documentary film about 5 female U.S. Army soldiers who served in Iraq as support, but attached to all-male infantry units in the Army and Marines. Lioness recounts their experiences at war and what it is like to return home as part of America's first generation of female combat veterans.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: 56 min. classroom version, 9 bonus features and trailer, plus PDFs of discussion guide and Team Lioness: American servicewomen in Iraq. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Awards:	Full Frame Center for Documentary Studies filmmaker award, 2008.
Production Credits:	Executive producers, Julia Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, Judith Helfand ; cinematography by Kirsten Johnson and Julia Dengel ; editing by Stephen T. Maing ; composer, Brendon Anderegg.