Soldier Girls
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1981 film by Nick Broomfield
Not to be confused with Girl soldiers.
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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,[1] [2] about several women training in the US army.[3] [4]
Summary
[edit ]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.[5] [6] [7]
Accolades
[edit ]In popular culture
[edit ]Excerpts from the film are used in U2's song "Seconds" on their third album, War .[10]
References
[edit ]- ^ Screen Slate
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chicago Reader
- ^ Film at Lincoln Center
- ^ FILM: 'SOILDER [sic] GIRL' IN TODAY'S ARMY - The New York Times
- ^ Stunning 'Soldier Girls' - The Washington Post
- ^ AllMovie
- ^ Sundance Film Festival (1982) - IMDb
- ^ Seconds posted on U2's official YouTube channel
External links
[edit ]Categories:
- 1981 films
- Films directed by Nick Broomfield
- Documentary films about war
- Documentary films about women
- Women in the United States Army
- American documentary films
- British documentary films
- 1981 documentary films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s American films
- 1980s British films
- Sundance Film Festival award–winning films
- English-language documentary films