Jake Rademacher

Well, this filmmaker was in the war zone, spends a decade working with veterans, helping them walk through the trauma of war and then turn that into post-traumatic growth so they can thrive. And his directions from the studio head, Gary, are, I want to know how they're doing and what they need.

Well, this filmmaker was in the war zone, spends a decade working with veterans, helping them walk through the trauma of war and then turn that into post-traumatic growth so they can thrive. And his directions from the studio head, Gary, are, I want to know how they're doing and what they need.

So when I say in the beginning of the film, I want to know how they're doing, how they're really doing, I mean it. And you'll see that in the film. I push them sometimes that moment when we re-examine Gunner. And his first response is not in the film. I asked him about that response where he's in combat. There's bullets going across the lens of my camera.

So when I say in the beginning of the film, I want to know how they're doing, how they're really doing, I mean it. And you'll see that in the film. I push them sometimes that moment when we re-examine Gunner. And his first response is not in the film. I asked him about that response where he's in combat. There's bullets going across the lens of my camera.

Then I come upon one of the saddest things I've ever seen in my life, which is these wounded Iraqi soldiers that were just patrolling their own country. And now one's got his leg busted up. The other one's got a jaw messed up. And Gunner's on one knee caressing the face of a wounded Iraqi soldier, all right?

Then I come upon one of the saddest things I've ever seen in my life, which is these wounded Iraqi soldiers that were just patrolling their own country. And now one's got his leg busted up. The other one's got a jaw messed up. And Gunner's on one knee caressing the face of a wounded Iraqi soldier, all right?

And I'm filming it. I see him do this. And I'm in the midst of all this horror. There's this moment of grace on earth. And I ask him about it. And he kind of goes, yeah, the bullets were flying, la, la, la. And I go, Gunner, I was there. And it was grace on earth. And I pushed in my camera to get a closeup. Cause it just, I just, it was the most important thing happening right there.

And I'm filming it. I see him do this. And I'm in the midst of all this horror. There's this moment of grace on earth. And I ask him about it. And he kind of goes, yeah, the bullets were flying, la, la, la. And I go, Gunner, I was there. And it was grace on earth. And I pushed in my camera to get a closeup. Cause it just, I just, it was the most important thing happening right there.

And he stops and he looks down and he starts to cry and he gets real. And he says, it's because that's your, it's an intimate connection you have with another man and it hurts. He was my soldier.

And he stops and he looks down and he starts to cry and he gets real. And he says, it's because that's your, it's an intimate connection you have with another man and it hurts. He was my soldier.

And that is the reality of the film that I have that, I was there first of all, but I know from doing our seminars that it's okay for me to ask that question and ask them to take a step further into the experience. And it's, he's gonna have to feel it a little bit to heal it. And so he opens up and starts talking about that.

And that is the reality of the film that I have that, I was there first of all, but I know from doing our seminars that it's okay for me to ask that question and ask them to take a step further into the experience. And it's, he's gonna have to feel it a little bit to heal it. And so he opens up and starts talking about that.

So that's an invitation for anybody that's been in that hard moment of combat to re-examine that and watch somebody else walk through it two months after I was there. David reached out to me and he said, Jake, thank you for coming. It really helped.

So that's an invitation for anybody that's been in that hard moment of combat to re-examine that and watch somebody else walk through it two months after I was there. David reached out to me and he said, Jake, thank you for coming. It really helped.

And on Friday night, David is going to do a Q and a, and we've invited the second Marine division where he used to be the division gunner to come in and listen to him do a Q and a. So now if you take this all the way through the life cycle in 2005, six, I'm there with him in combat. He was the one who was in the crossfire. He's the reason we went out there now.

And on Friday night, David is going to do a Q and a, and we've invited the second Marine division where he used to be the division gunner to come in and listen to him do a Q and a. So now if you take this all the way through the life cycle in 2005, six, I'm there with him in combat. He was the one who was in the crossfire. He's the reason we went out there now.

he hasn't totally walked through his own trauma we make the film which becomes an opportunity for him to really look at some of these moments he's sort of buried a little bit he heals from that and now he's using the film to model that for other marines and to help them understand hey guys When you're in a war zone, not necessarily the time to talk about your feelings.

he hasn't totally walked through his own trauma we make the film which becomes an opportunity for him to really look at some of these moments he's sort of buried a little bit he heals from that and now he's using the film to model that for other marines and to help them understand hey guys When you're in a war zone, not necessarily the time to talk about your feelings.

However, when you come home, the more you talk about it, the more you make sense of it, the more you open up to your family or friends, the easier it's going to be for you to transition to the next part of your life.

However, when you come home, the more you talk about it, the more you make sense of it, the more you open up to your family or friends, the easier it's going to be for you to transition to the next part of your life.