Reject procrastination and embrace motivation! Progress!

Homecoming began nearly six years ago.  This short film project could not have started off better. It was smooth sailing through principle photography and the rough cut.  And it was at that point, so close to the finish line, that it became a never-ending cycle of editing and re-editing throughout post-production.

Shot on Super 16mm generously donated by Kodak with post work done by Fotokem at cost (forever grateful to both companies), the footage is high quality and looks amazing. However, after its initial screening, a we decided to re-edit the film.  Much like the first cut, it too just didn’t feel “right.” Another cut was followed by another and another.  Eventually the financial drain and new projects taking priority led to this film being shelved. So a potentially great short film with a powerful message remains unseen, languishing in post-production purgatory. WELL, NO MORE! Action to complete it begins today! Bookmark this film’s blog here: Homecoming.  It’s about to become real active as it moves closer to completion!

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Homecoming Poster (temp)

Homecoming directed by Art Wolff
Sean Huze and Joiwind Alexander

2012 Record Number for Suicides by Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan

Good to see this issue finally becoming a mainstream topic. Why do we as a society wait until after tragedies to these issues though? Suicides have been on the rise since 2003 but it took a record-breaking number of them in a year for the topic to become mainstream. The parallel with it taking the slaughter of children and their teachers to discuss how to treat mental illness and gun control measures is obvious. As a vet I am grateful that this may now get the attention it deserves. As a citizen it bewilders me why our society fails to use foresight to prevent tragedies from occurring instead of cleaning up after the fact.

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When You Put It That Way

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and various congressmen have now classified the record high number of military suicides last year an “epidemic.” Experts blame the rising trend – which took 349 lives in 2012 alone – on Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as well as financial and relationship troubles that combine to produce a sense of hopelessness. That’s not to mention substance abuse, legal problems or other issue facing service men and women. Often, they are simply unable to cope with being a civilian after returning home from combat.

In 2005 the suicide rate in the Army was less than half of 2012’s number.

From the Associated Press:

Each year the Pentagon performs an in-depth study of the circumstances of each suicide. The most recent year for which that analysis is available is 2011, and among the findings was that those who took their…

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