Tuesday, August 05, 2014

August 12th & 17th: The War Comes Home

The War Comes Home, our first collaboration with Soledad O’Brien’s Starfish Media Group, will debut on CNN on Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 at 9 p.m. EST and will encore at 12:00 a.m. EST, and on Sunday, August 17th at 7:00 p.m. EST.

As the U.S. prepares for the final drawdown of soldiers from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Soledad O’Brien and MediaStorm take an intimate look at two veterans as they struggle with the transition from war to home.

The War Comes Home
Approximately every hour a U.S. veteran commits suicide.

A quarter of all returning veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress, with families and communities hanging in the balance.

As the U.S. prepares for the final drawdown of soldiers from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Soledad O’Brien and MediaStorm take an intimate look at two veterans and their families’ lives as they struggle with the transition from war to home.

Delon Beckett is one of those veterans. He returned from Iraq a changed man. Now, he drinks to calm his suicidal thoughts. read more w/trailer>>>


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