The Good Soldier,
a powerful documentary directed by two Park Slope filmmakers, Lexy
Lovell and Michael Uys (DGA, Los Angeles Film Critics, and Peabody
Award winners for Riding the Rails), is being called "incendiary," and
"affecting" 

The film follows the journeys of five combat
veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up,
go into battle, and eventually change their minds about what it means
to be a good soldier. The film opens on November 11 (Armistice Veterans
Day) at 7PM at the Village East Cinema, 2nd Ave at 12th Street in Manhattan. 212-529-6799

Here's what Jason Albert of the Onion has to say:

"It's
hard to imagine watching a more affecting movie than The Good Soldier
… because it may be as affecting a movie as I've ever seen. It took
one seemingly simple question—What makes a good soldier?—and reduced
the answer to its essence. That being, the ability to kill other human
beings. Using the voices of veterans from WWII, Vietnam, the Gulf War,
and Iraq, each gave this exact same answer, and they all spoke not only
of their guilt and regret, but also of how at some point during their
time in the military they needed to kill. Their reasons were different,
but the training that gave them the skills and permission was not. I
found it both hard to watch and hard to turn away from, and I know I'll
never look at the words ‘collateral damage' in the same way again.
Really powerful stuff."

Music by JJ Grey and Mofro, CSNY, Nine
Inch Nails, Big Bill Broonzy, Edwin Starr, Carly Comando, Muslimgauze,
and Jimmie Lunceford.