film

Hell & Back Again

2011

Completed

Foundation

Director

Danfung Dennis

 

Production support

Went to Good Pitch

 

Film Details

Runtime: 88 minutes

Format: Feature length film

 

Doc Society Involvement

Docsoc helped with Production

Docsoc helped at Good Pitch

 

The intensely personal story of Sergeant Harris and Marine battalion Echo Company from the start of the 2009 tour of Afghanistan to their return, the decompression and rehabilitation in the US. A study of exceptional bravery and loss, of friends and family struggling to support the returning warriors.

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Subjects

Health Society

Good Pitch Events

  • SILVERDOCS 2010

Awards & Festivals

Awards

Academy Award Nomination - Best Documentary Feature (2024)
Sundance - World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary (2024)
Sundance - World Cinema Cinematography Award (2024)
Grierson Award Best Documentary (2024)

Reviews

A tough but deeply rewarding watch. Search it out.

Dennis's film attempts something few documentaries have: to inhabit the psyche of its subject.

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