FSU Veterans Film Festival
November 12th, 2012 by flanewsTo celebrate Veteran’s Day, FSU is honoring a filmmaker helping break the silence on rape in the military. The Invisible War tells the story of female soldiers raped by their brothers-in-arms while serving overseas. This is the second year FSU has hosted its Veterans Film Fest. Colonel Billy Francis, the director of FSU’s Veterans Center says the festival is just the beginning.
“This vision is to build an ROTC building, a student veterans center and a WWII and human experience institute all in the same place on campus, a veterans legacy complex combining the past, present and future,” said Francis.
FSU has the only veteran’s film festival in the country. This year FSU President Eric Barron donated 25-thousand dollars out of his own pocket for the first every Torchlight Award. The award went to Kirby Dick, the filmmaker who created The Invisible War.
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