Brothers After War

Feb 28, 2025

1h 48m

★ 0.0

3 Brothers, 12 Warfighters, 15 Years Later.

Overview

Jake Rademacher reconnects with his brothers and soldiers he embedded with in Iraq. He creates a unique “then and now” journey into the toll of war and a never before seen look at war fighters and the veterans they become.

Genres

Documentary

War

Production Companies

Perseverance Productions

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Cast

Jake Rademacher

Isaac Rademacher

Joe Rademacher

This documentary takes you on a reflective journey into the extended family of Nova Scotia’s Mi'kmaq community. Revisiting her own roots, Mi'kmaq filmmaker and mother Catherine Anne Martin explores how the community is recovering its First Nations values, particularly through the teachings of elders and a collective approach to children-rearing. Mi'kmaq Family is an inspiring resource for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences who are looking for ways to strengthen and explore their own families and traditions. We hear the Mi'kmaq language spoken and a lullaby is sung by a Mi'kmaq grandmother featured in the film.

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5.5

Netsilik Eskimo Series, III: At the Spring Sea Ice Camp

Jan 3, 1967

Two Eskimo families travel across the wide sea ice. Before night falls they build small igloos and we see the construction in detail. The next day a polar bear is seen basking in the warming sun. A woman lights her seal oil lamp, carefully forming the wick from moss. The man repairs his snow goggles. Another man arrives dragging a polar bear skin. The boy has made a bear-shaped figure from snow and practices throwing his spear. Then he tries his bow. Now, with her teeth, the woman crimps the sole of a sealskin boot she is making. The men are hunting seal through the sea-ice in the bleak windy weather. The wind disturbs the "tell-tales," made of eider down or a hair loop on a bone, that signal when a seal rises to breathe. A hunter strikes, kills and drags his catch up and away. At the igloo the woman scrapes at a polar bear skin and a man repairs a sled. In the warming weather the igloo is topped with furs and a snow shelter is built to hide the sled from the sun.

5.0

Netsilik Eskimos, VIII: Jigging for Lake Trout

Dec 23, 1967

More signs of winter's end as more wildlife returns. The family makes an excursion for fresh fish from a lake. They build a karmak and move in the furs, cooking troughs, etc. The woman sets up her lamp, spreads the furs and attends to the children. There are signs of returning wildlife. The man moves out on the lake ice and chips a hole for fishing. He baits his hook and lowers it jigging the line to attract the fish. Crouched by the hole, he persists with his purpose and takes some fish, as does his wife who has joined him. Both remain at the hole through a severe blizzard. Please note that this is an archival film that makes use of the word “Eskimo,” an outdated and offensive term. While the origin of the word is a matter of some contention, it is no longer used in Canada. This film is therefore a time capsule of a bygone era, presented in its original version. The NFB apologizes for the offence caused.

3.8

A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration

Jan 31, 2010

What is a family? Rosie O'Donnell looks at the many answers to this question in this documentary that features original songs and thoughtful kids musing on love and family. The show provides a less than moving portrait of the remarkable diversity of so called families today, including same-sex parents, mixed-heritage families, and stories of adoption. Animated songs and musical performances by kids and families spice up the festivities along with performances and recordings by artists including Ziggy Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Doris Day, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Frank Sinatra, Rosie O'Donnell and They Might Be Giants.

0.0

My Summer Vacation

Sep 19, 2025

PREMIERING SEPTEMBER 19 AT THE GRAND RAPIDS FILM FESTIVAL A teenager (Jude DeWit) documents and attempts to capture the most emotional and thrilling summer of his life.

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0.0

Apart

Oct 21, 2013

The story of a family marked by tragedy gives rise to a reflection on memory, emotional ties, family secrets and the difficulty for new generations of knowing and accepting life events.

7.3

Babruvahana

Jan 21, 1977

Babhruvahana, like Arjuna at the beginning of the Kurukshetra war, faces a moral dilemma. Can he risk harming his parents? While Chitarangada alerts Arjuna to shoot an arrow at their son and take advantage of Babhruvahana’s momentary lapse due to a sense of devotion towards them (as Arjuna did with Karna), Uluci, the Naga princess and yet another abandoned wife of Arjuna’s, reminds Babhruvahana of the teaching of the Kurukshetra battle that in the battlefield there is no space for feelings even towards parents. What Babhruvahana must do is to establish his mother’s good name and thereby his own character. This film captures this conflict spectacularly. The eerie parallels with the moral dilemmas of the great Mahabharata battle aside, here all the familial relationships (in particular, strong mothers and dutiful sons) become exaggerated and demand our attention.

6.3

Tunnel Warfare

Jan 1, 1965

A small town defends itself from the Japanese by use of a network of tunnels during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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0.0

Haus und Hof

Dec 5, 1980

Agricultural scientist and mother Isolde struggles with the dicrepancies between her personal convictions and the political realities in East Germany.

6.6

Small Talk

Nov 5, 2016

In the table that symbolizes the value of traditional women, a woman who wants to break free from her family must face her daughter.

5.5

Golden Years

Sep 13, 2017

The true story of a French WW1 deserter who, with the support of his wife, spends a decade in disguise as a woman.

6.0

1971: Beyond Borders

Apr 7, 2017

Set against the backdrop of 1971 Indo-Pak war, the movie is inspired by real incidents and the protagonists are inspired by Param Vir Chakra recipients. The movie shows what consequences of war are on the lives of soldiers on either side of the border.

6.2

Burning Blue

Jun 6, 2014

Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.

3.5

Twilight

Nov 10, 2005

In the last winter of WWII a group of captive German soldiers is brought to a remote Russian village, where widows, a child and a crippled are the only ones left. This is a military drama about those, who can love and forgive.

10.0

Mountains Clad in Green

Dec 31, 1971

Year 1943. A group of soldiers, carrying an injured comrade, are trying to reach the hospital.

0.0

War Mornings

Jun 20, 1971

World War II. A group of kids try to sabotage the enemy whichever way they can.

0.0

Once at Dawn

Mar 8, 1971

A driver is tasked with sending weapons illegally to the partisan soldiers.

0.0

Stars of Long Nights

May 5, 1972

World War II. The fascists kill a boy and invite his mother to identify the body, but she refuses.

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My Life Part 2

Feb 12, 2003

By means of objects, photos, tapes and films, director Angelika Levi, half-German, half-Jewish, examines the story of her family. The film deals with trauma and the way history is produced, filed away, turned into discourse and ordered on macro and micro levels.

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