Beyond The Wall: Homelessness Among Veterans (a social documentary) takes a closer look into the issue of veteran homelessness, depicting the stories of veterans living in a Washington, DC shelter, and sharing insights gleaned from interviews with organizations, charities and individuals that provide support to better understand the factors that contribute to and/or increase the risk of homelessness among veterans.
Scheduled for release November 11, 2008, Beyond The Wall weaves these people, profiles and places into a story-telling triumvirate of video/ journalism/internet narrative via a platform website to reach a regional and national audience.
Featuring 5 shorts or mini- video chapters, the website will host correlating journalism based on footage, cresearch and interviews to document an honest and insightful portrayal of the issue of veteran-homelessness.
Written, produced and directed by Alivia C. Tagliaferri, and co-produced by Nancy E. Mantelli, the production crew consists of three award-winning college-bound student filmmakers pursuing higher degrees in the field of motion pictures - Marcus Clarke, Nathan Baer and Cory Jones- West Potomac Academy graduates of Mantelli's television and film production class.
Our mission is simple - tell a story that needs to be told in a way that is honest and insightful, has the ability to reach a regional and national audience, and supports our overall mission of creating content that is educational, of benefit to society, and matters in scope and relation to issues of national importance.
The goal of this work is threefold: 1) Accurately and honestly document homeless veterans living in a Washington DC shelter in a non-exploitive manner.
2)Raise awareness and foster discussion of an issue that has potential to become a growing concern; (i.e. 1 in 4 homeless persons is a veteran; the correlations of PTSD and TBI; difficulty transferring to civilian jobs; high-cost of urban living).
3) Present the material in a multi-layered new media format, using video, audio and text available on one website.
Contribute to the Project! For those interested in making a $50.00 USD contribution to the project, you will receive a signed copy of the novel, Still the Monkey What Happens to Warriors after War, a DVD of the video trailer and a thank you credit at the end of the documentary as well as on the documentary website and project blog under our Sponsors and Contributors Page.