High Ground

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High Ground

2012

1h 31m

Documentary

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Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

11/01/2012

4/5

"High Ground" is a moving documentary that is both the film it presents itself to be and something more.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

11/01/2012

4/5

Brown ... translates a collage of experiences - some desperate, some hopeful, all tragic - into a first-person commentary on the malign reverberations of war.

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Ian Buckwalter

NPR

11/01/2012

7/10

Brown takes advantage of the opportunity to present a broad array of feelings, less on the nature of these conflicts in particular and more on the mindset of the soldier in war - and the difficulties faced when no longer in the midst of the conflict.

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

11/05/2012

Moving account of 11 disabled veterans on an expedition to climb Mount Lobuche in the Himalayas.

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11/11/2012

This film gives us a peak inside the world of several young people, seriously wounded from war who are fighters and inspirations to live life to the fullest.

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Michael Brown

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Michael Brown

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Scott McElroy

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Brian Mockenhaupt

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Ryan Fenson-Hood

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Matthew L. Murray

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Synopsis

Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche.

Director: Michael Brown
Producer: Don Hahn, Michael Brown
Screenwriter: Michael Brown, Scott McElroy, Brian Mockenhaupt, Ryan Fenson-Hood, Matthew L. Murray
Distributor: Red Flag Releasing
Production Co: Stone Circle Pictures, Khumbu Pictures, Serac Adventure Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 13, 2015
Runtime: 1h 31m