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7:00pm Long Island Museum
AMERICAN VETERAN is the story of Army Sergeant Nick Mendes, paralyzed from the neck down by an explosive device in Afghanistan. The film follows Nick through the five year period after his injury—from the V.A. hospital bed where he spent 7 months, to the fully accessible home where he now lives with his wife Wendy. The film brings us into Nick’s world as he studies for a real estate license, as he learns to do everything all over again and as he reunites with the soldier who pulled him from the truck just after it blew up. We trace the unlikely love story of Nick and Wendy as they develop a deep emotional and physical connection neither could have imagined. The film weaves together Nick’s past and present to show a nuanced portrait of a quadriplegic soldier’s sometimes harrowing, sometimes romantic and often surprisingly funny life. Winner of the Panavision Showcase at the Syracuse International Film Festival!
Time: 75 Minutes
