| Military Myths |
| Directed By:
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Paper Tiger Television With ROOTS
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| Produced In:
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USA, 2001
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| Running Time:
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28 minutes
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| Genre:
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Youth-Produced Documentary
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| Language:
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English
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| Themes:
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Militarism, Racism, Youth-Produced
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| Distributor:
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Paper Tiger
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Synopsis:
Produced in collaboration with youth activists from ROOTS, MILITARY MYTHS
offers an update to IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, a video produced in the early 1980s
by Paper Tiger TV and the War Resisters League, a video intended to inspire
young people to make more balanced decisions about their future. Young people
today are smacked with military advertisements and recruiters coming into
their schools and communities offering sign-up bonuses, money for education,
and job training. MILITARY MYTHS takes a critical look at the military's
promises. The producers contrast media representations of war and military
life with the personal experiences of veterans who have gone to war.
Interviews with activists and students are also presented along with
statistics from the Veterans Administration, CCCO, SLDN, and recent Pentagon
studies that lay clear the myths of military life.
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