Deserter /

Deserter is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson - a deserting soldier and his young wife - as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border. As they move from safe house to safe house, we get to know Ryan and Jen - two, shy, small-town kids from the Central Valley who...

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Bibliographic Details
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Pottstown, PA : MVD Entertainment Group, 2008.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Conscientious objectors > United States. Military deserters > United States. Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Objecteurs de conscience > États-Unis. Déserteurs > États-Unis. Conscientious objectors Military deserters Iraq United States 2003-2011 Alexander Street Video. documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
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Summary:	Deserter is the journey of Ryan and Jen Johnson - a deserting soldier and his young wife - as they flee across the country to seek refugee status over the Canadian border. As they move from safe house to safe house, we get to know Ryan and Jen - two, shy, small-town kids from the Central Valley who joined the military because there were no jobs, and find they must make a heroic stand in order to escape an illegal and immoral war. Deserter is a political road movie with one of the few happy endings that this war has given us.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 13, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (23 min.).
Playing Time:	00:23:29