Soldier Girls is a 1981 documentary film by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill (who were a married couple at the time of the filming), shot in fourteen weeks in Fort Gordon, Georgia,[1][2] about several women training in the US army.[3][4]
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Summary
editUnder the aggressive Sergeant Abing are several young women, some dedicated to defending their country, others who seem to have been forced into joining by circumstance. Several of these recruits become harder and colder through the course of their basic training at Fort Gordon.[5][6][7]
Accolades
editIn popular culture
editExcerpts from the film are used in U2's song "Seconds" on their third album, War.[10]
References
edit- ^ Screen Slate
- ^ Documentary Superstar - Google Books (ch. "Transforming The Image of Truth")
- ^ Dell'Oso, Anna-Maria (July 7, 1983). "Soldier Girls dwells on ugly side of US Army". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ Chicago Reader
- ^ Film at Lincoln Center
- ^ FILM: 'SOILDER [sic] GIRL' IN TODAY'S ARMY - The New York Times
- ^ Stunning 'Soldier Girls' - The Washington Post
- ^ AllMovie
- ^ Sundance Film Festival (1982) - IMDb
- ^ Seconds posted on U2's official YouTube channel