Landmark Sunshine
143 E Houston St
212.330.8182
This event has passed.
-
- When
-
Aug 20, 2010 – Sep 17, 2010
Daily
- Where
-
- Price
-
$12.50
- Links
“Is our government lying to us? In Amir Bar-Lev's documentary The Tillman Story, the Tillman family is unfortunately faced with this question. Son Pat, a football player who left a promising career in professional sports to enlist in the army with his brother Kevin, was fatally shot during a tour in Afghanistan. Initially told he died heroically during enemy combat, his parents later learned that the story was a complete fabrication and that Pat's death was seemingly used as a propaganda tool. Bar-Lev's film traces the family's footsteps as they try to reconcile what happened, as well as rectify Pat's "heroic" image. More a family drama than a war doc, the film's subject matter and thoughtful dramatic storytelling are reason to see this important film.”
Mindy Bond, Flavorpill
The Tillman Story says:
Pat Tillman gave up his pro football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002 and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat is far more complex, and ultimately far more heroic, than the caricature created by the media. When the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda, they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat’s mother Dannie led the family’s crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son’s life and death.
