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The Tillman Story

Directed by Amir Bar-Lev
USA, 2009, 94 mins.
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't made for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. This riveting and enraging documentary explores how the military manipulated his tragic death into a propaganda tool, and how his family put themselves on the line to expose this unfathomable truth. The film not only takes the entire chain of command to task, but also examines the theme of heroism itself.

In Person: film subject Russell Baer