Documentary Film Screening | Behind the Lines

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force’s is hosting a screening of the documentary film Behind the Lines followed by a Q&A with film director and writer John B. Benitz and book author Andrew Carroll. This program will take place on March 4th at 11:00 am at the museum.

The program is free to the public, but please register at https://forms.gle/xt2U4x7BX5q3jiL78

About the Film
A passionate historian travels the world to find and preserve letters written during times of war in this feature documentary, based on a New York Times best-selling book and selected as a finalist for the 2022 Ken Burns Prize for Film. The screening followed by a conversation with Director John B. Benitz and Georgia-based filmmaker Kyle Maddux-Lawrence.

Presented in partnership with the Hindsight Film Festival March 4th – 8th in Savannah. See more events at https://www.hindsightfilmfestival.com/

YouTube trailer link – https://youtu.be/qVkBlpIZixU

Director’s Statement
Since 1998 Andrew Carroll has traveled to all 50 states and more than 40 countries, to seek out what he calls “the world’s great undiscovered literature.” He has collected approximately 200,000 previously unpublished letters and emails written during wartime from every conflict in U.S. history. Having shared these letters with audiences around the country, I know their transformative, healing and educational qualities and my hope is that this film will allow us to share their power with a wider audience and, importantly, create interest in the need to preserve these letters for history. For some, they have a therapeutic quality. For others, these letters provide a glimpse into the experience of a loved one who served or survived war. For others, they offer a richer understanding of what it means to go to war. We offer no easy answers and by design, the film strives to not be political…but it does challenge audiences to experience war through the eyes of those involved while we embark on Carroll’s journey around the world to collect these letters. The film, we hope, ultimately becomes a tribute to the immeasurable sacrifices made and an unforgettable reminder of war’s impact on those it touches. These are their stories—as only they can tell them.