{"id":241388,"date":"2019-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/healing-the-civilian-military-divide\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T07:00:00","slug":"healing-the-civilian-military-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/healing-the-civilian-military-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanar la divisi\u00f3n entre civiles y militares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Por KENDRA SITTON | Noticias de la zona alta<\/p>\n<p>La quinta edici\u00f3n del GI Film Festival San Diego, que se llevar\u00e1 a cabo del 24 al 29 de septiembre, no tiene un tema establecido fuera del prop\u00f3sito del festival: exhibir pel\u00edculas creadas por, para y sobre miembros del servicio militar y veteranos. A\u00fan as\u00ed, los largometrajes, documentales y cortometrajes seleccionados tienen un hilo conductor.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the films, and specifically \u2018Homemade\u2019 and \u2018Take Me Home Huey,\u2019 have to do with healing from war,\u201d said Lisa Marcolongo, a member of the Advisory Committee for the GI Film Festival San Diego. \u201cWe\u2018re still at war and our active duty and our veterans and their families are still healing from war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18677 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Huey-transformed.jpg\" alt=\"Healing the civilian-military divide\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHomemade\u201d es una pel\u00edcula documental que sigue a un veterano de combate y su familia durante seis a\u00f1os mientras lucha por reintegrarse a la vida civil. Su estreno mundial es en el Museo de Artes Fotogr\u00e1ficas el 25 de septiembre. &quot;Take Me Home Huey&quot; abre el festival de cine el 24 de septiembre con su representaci\u00f3n del proyecto de un artista residente en San Diego para restaurar un helic\u00f3ptero Huey de la Guerra de Vietnam y luego reunirlo con su antigua tripulaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Homemade\u2019 is about Afghanistan. \u2018Take Me Home Huey\u2019 is about Vietnam. These are two different generations. These are two different conflicts and wars. They\u2018re all healing and finding ways to do that, whether it\u2018s through sculpture and art forms, whether it\u2018s through physical activity and things like that,\u201d Marcolongo explained. \u201cIt\u2018s something that resonates with multiple generations and we need to be there to help and support them. San Diego has a great collaborative and coalition of service providers and community members that are here just to support them during that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ella ve la divisi\u00f3n entre la vida civil y militar como una de las barreras que dificultan el regreso de los veteranos a sus comunidades. Marcolongo cree que el festival de cine es un lugar importante para que los veteranos se re\u00fanan con personas en el \u00e1rea de San Diego dispuestas a apoyarlos, ya que las bases son en gran medida inaccesibles para los civiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that there are security protocols and safety is number one, but at the same time, that kind of cut us off from creating more links and connections between the military and the community. That\u2018s just one more reason why the GI Film Festival is so important. It\u2018s not just about watching those films that you\u2018re going to see in that theater; you\u2018re going to be able to meet active duty and veterans at the same time you\u2018re viewing some of those stories and journeys that they wanted to highlight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A Marcolongo le apasiona apoyar a los veteranos debido a la lucha de su esposo con el trastorno de estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico (PTSD, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) cuando regres\u00f3 del combate en 2007. Necesitaba la ayuda y el apoyo de los habitantes de San Diego a medida que la familia aprend\u00eda a manejar su condici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuestra familia est\u00e1 prosperando gracias a esos recursos que se acercaron a nosotros y nos ayudaron\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n<p>De las pel\u00edculas que vio mientras hac\u00eda las selecciones para el festival de este a\u00f1o, Marcolongo reson\u00f3 particularmente con &quot;Homemade&quot;, ya que mostraba a otra familia lidiando con heridas invisibles de guerra.<\/p>\n<p>Para los cineastas, dar a los espectadores una perspectiva identificable en pantalla fue una elecci\u00f3n intencional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really wanted [the film] to feel like you were on the inside and that you were a part of Adam and Victoria and their family\u2018s life,\u201d said director Danielle Bernstein.<\/p>\n<p>La pel\u00edcula en s\u00ed se basa en la empat\u00eda, con los directores detr\u00e1s de las c\u00e1maras describiendo a sus sujetos como amigos cercanos. Cada vez que visitaron a Adam Sorenson mientras navegaba por la vida despu\u00e9s de la guerra, primero se preocuparon por asegurarse de que la familia saldr\u00eda adelante mientras Sorenson luchaba contra la adicci\u00f3n y los problemas de salud, y segundo por la filmaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2018re a couple and we were documenting a couple. I really became friends with Victoria throughout the film,\u201d Bernstein said. She believes since her and co-director Jason Maris did the project together, they were able to connect in a different way than if Maris executed the filming alone. What resulted was an intimate portrayal of the struggles to readjust to civilian life after a traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>El Cuerpo de Marines est\u00e1 actualmente en conversaciones con ellos para usar la pel\u00edcula como una posible herramienta de entrenamiento. Bernstein cree que la cultura civil tambi\u00e9n puede aprender algo de los militares y necesita ayudar mejor a las personas a encontrar un prop\u00f3sito en sus vidas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2018m a huge advocate for how do we make transition more streamlined and more positive and easier to integrate to civilian culture, and also how do civilians start to look at ourselves and how we participate in a culture that doesn\u2018t give us daily feeling of purpose and meaning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18717\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18717 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Adam-sleeping-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Healing the civilian-military divide\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Sorenson sleeping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seg\u00fan Maris, los m\u00e9dicos que asistieron a proyecciones privadas de la pel\u00edcula tambi\u00e9n aprendieron a comprender mejor a sus pacientes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctors who work with military said, \u2018Wow, this is incredibly insightful because it is all the people that we\u2019ve treated, but it\u2018s what happened before they walk through our door.\u2019 [They have] never even gotten to see that part of the story. [They have] just [seen them] after they\u2018d come for treatment,\u201d Maris explained.<\/p>\n<p>Maris said, \u201cIt\u2018s been very effective in igniting the kind of dialogue that we want to have around these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Para continuar con esa discusi\u00f3n, formar\u00e1n parte de un panel, junto con las estrellas Adam y Victoria, despu\u00e9s de la proyecci\u00f3n de \u201cHomemade\u201d en el festival.<\/p>\n<p>El artista local que aparece en el documental ganador del premio Emmy 2017 &quot;Take Me Home Huey&quot; tambi\u00e9n hablar\u00e1 en el evento. Su transformaci\u00f3n de medios mixtos del Huey fue la premisa original de la pel\u00edcula, pero se convirti\u00f3 en ayudar a los veteranos de Vietnam que visitaron la escultura de 47 pies de largo a sanar.<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos de EE. UU., se estima que aproximadamente 7,3 millones de estadounidenses que sirvieron durante la Guerra de Vietnam entre 1964 y 1975 est\u00e1n vivos hoy. Sin embargo, muchos veteranos de la era de la guerra de Vietnam no comparten sus historias o experiencias y se ven afectados por el PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, the art became a catalyst for conversation. It kickstarted conversation and allowed these veterans to open up and talk like they\u2018ve never talked before,\u201d Maloney said.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney decidi\u00f3 embarcarse en el proyecto despu\u00e9s de convertir otro helic\u00f3ptero en una escultura. Quer\u00eda hacer lo mismo con un Huey para agradecer a los veteranos que nunca fueron bien recibidos en casa durante la guerra de Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing that turned me onto thinking about this project was the fact that I learned that there was a 50th commemoration of the Vietnam War,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I thought about the Vietnam War, I thought, wouldn\u2018t it be ideal if I could get an old scrapped Huey helicopter and transform that to be a piece of art to thank those that never got a welcome home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quer\u00eda que el arte involucrara todos los sentidos, raz\u00f3n por la cual contact\u00f3 originalmente a los cineastas para que un documental acompa\u00f1ara la transformaci\u00f3n. El proyecto pronto se volvi\u00f3 viral, con senadores y otros legisladores elogiando el trabajo y un recorrido por el helic\u00f3ptero transformado que viaja por los EE. UU. Actualmente reside en Palm Springs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2018ve always said this is the proudest thing I\u2018ve done \u2014 the whole project. It\u2018s been incredible and it\u2018s taken off organically. It\u2018s grown by leaps and bounds. When I envisioned the project, I had no [idea] the reach that it would have,\u201d Maloney said.<\/p>\n<p>Una l\u00ednea de la pel\u00edcula resultante se ha quedado con Marcolongo, organizador del GI Film Fest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt said, \u2018As I walked through life, there\u2018s a pebble in my shoe. What has helped me the most is helping a fellow veteran,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI think that resonates with both of those films as they both wanted to help other veterans and themselves through this healing process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Las 34 pel\u00edculas del festival de cine de este a\u00f1o se exhibir\u00e1n durante seis d\u00edas, principalmente en el Museo de Artes Fotogr\u00e1ficas y UltraStar Cenmas en Hazard Center. Las entradas y el programa completo est\u00e1n disponibles en <a href=\"http:\/\/gifilmfestivalsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gifilmfestivalsd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Kendra Sitton puede ser contactada en <a href=\"mailto:kendra@sdnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kendra@sdnews.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News The fifth iteration of the GI Film Festival San Diego, which is taking place from Sept. 24-29, does not have a stated theme outside the festival\u2019s purpose: showcasing films created by, for and about military service members and veterans. 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