BGuthrie Photos: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Tillman Story" (w/Amir Bar-Lev)

AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Tillman Story" (w/Amir Bar-Lev):

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Description of Pictures: Speakers in sequence:
-- Sky Sitney (AFI/Silverdocs)
-- Amir Bar-Lev
-- Amir Bar-Lev interviewed by Jeffrey Brown

THE TILLMAN STORY:
When popular NFL star defensive back Pat Tillman walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals in May 2002 to join the Army, he became an instant—though profoundly misunderstood—symbol of patriotic fervor. When his promising future ended in unimaginable tragedy, the Tillman family refused to accept the “official” story that he'd heroically put himself in the line of Taliban fire to save other soldiers during an ambush. They knew that the truth about their beloved son and brother’s life and death was far more complex than the caricature created by the government and propagated by the media. Amir Bar-Lev's (MY KID COULD PAINT THAT) film is a riveting account of how one soldier's death in Afghanistan was spun into a web of public lies and how the government tried to turn this death into war propaganda. Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Tillman’s fellow soldiers and his family, Bar-Lev cuts through the layers of artifice shrouding the narrative of Tillman’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command who contributed—in ways big and small—to the web of lies.
Post-screening conversation with filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev moderated by Jeffrey Brown, PBS News Hour Senior Correspondent

Same Event: Wait! There's more! Because I took too many pictures, photos from this event were divided among the following pages: [Display ALL photos on one page]:

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2010_MD_Silverdocs: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- Miscellaneous (74 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Drew_100919: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "An Evening with..." (Robert Drew) (68 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Nolan_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Disappearance of McKinley Nolan" (w/Danny Glover) (75 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Mine_100227: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Mine" (w/Erin Essenmacher and Scotlund Haisley) plus Reception @ Jackie's (109 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Restrepo_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Restrepo" (w/Sebastian Junger and Lara Logan) (79 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Border_100623: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "South of the Border" (w/Oliver Stone) (96 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Tillman_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Tillman Story" (w/Amir Bar-Lev) (70 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Superman_100623: AFI Silverdocs 2010 -- "Waiting for Superman" (w/Davis Guggenheim, Michelle Rhee, and Randi Weingarten) (95 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Dyson_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Announcing the Public Media Corps (64 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Behind_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Behind-the-Scenes Guide to Capitol Hill for Filmmakers (38 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Lunch_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- CPB Filmmaker Networking Luncheon (63 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Persp_War_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Documentary Perspectives on War (57 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_EduMarket_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Educational Market -- No Movie Left Behind (22 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_POV_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Focus on American Documentary -- POV (11 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_ITVS_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- ITVS Seminar: Hands-on Guide to Creating a Dynamite Work-in-Progress (31 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Smaller_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Making a Smaller World: Youth Voices Speak Up (130 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Forgive_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Moving Images = Making Connections (11 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Discovery: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Silver Session w/Discovery (18 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Silver_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Silver sessions (17 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Briefing_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Special Briefing with Danny Glover and LinkTV (64 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Whiz_100626: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Special Screening: Whiz Kids (6 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Tech_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Technology of the Future in Education (21 photos from 2010)
2010_MD_Killed_BHM_100625: AFI Silverdocs 2010 Conf -- Who Killed Black History Month? (37 photos from 2010)

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