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Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day

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A young woman accompanies some D-Day veterans to retrace their route during World War II on the 70th anniversary of the invasion.

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Sunken Roads: Three Generations After D-Day

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Dmitry Samarov Chicago Reader 06/01/2022
Unfortunately, what Juergens presents onscreen comes across more like a loose scrapbook or vlog than a film. Go to Full Review
Jim Schembri jimschembri.com 01/16/2022
3.5/5
Extremely well-edited and briskly paced, Sunken Roads is an unconventional war documentary, its verite approach offering a retelling of a history-changing event that's highly personal, often touching and replete with insights into the realities of battle. Go to Full Review
Martha K. Baker AWFJ.org 12/01/2021
Sunken Roads adds to an understanding of history from the people in the room, on the landing craft, and on the beach. Go to Full Review
Michael Calleri Niagara Gazette 11/11/2021
[Director] Juergens was a 20-year-old filming and talking to people who were in their 90s, which made them at least 70-years older than she was. Some were older. Their words are riveting. Their emotions powerful. Go to Full Review
Wendy Shreve Featuring Film 11/02/2021
Take a moment to watch, listen to Sunken Roads. These brave men's stories, even in death, should never be silenced. Go to Full Review
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Wendy 11/06/2021 Through the eyes of a young woman, with 90 year old veterans as her guide, 70 years later we are able to see the impact of effects of war on the soldiers who had fought back the Nazi army in WWII and the people they liberated in a very personal way as we've never seen before. . See more 06/05/2022 Great film! Loved it. See more 05/28/2022 The movie starts out simply enough, with a short narration, and then the depth starts to unwind. This is a journey of memory, and meeting some who were there for what had the longest day of a major campaign that saw the end of the ugliest this world has to date. There are no re-enactment scenes, but photos, artwork, subdued sketches of people, and some scary scenes. The word pictures told by those who were there are vivid enough. One can feel much of the emotions of the whole project, the tearful remembrances, the heavy feelings felt by those who were there, and the feelings of those at the ceremonies in 2014. As fate would have it, there is an underlying story with an interesting resolution, almost a sub-plot that was not planned as part of this project. One must see the movie to understand this unplanned addition. This movie is well worth the time to view, it does not glorify war, but honors and remembers those who were there. Every generation wants to keep the future from having to go through the ugliness of war. As a peacetime veteran, and approaching Memorial Day, the heaviness of this cannot be missed, because We have we have: what we have today because there were countless people (mostly men) in the past, shall we say YESTERDAY, who were willing to sacrifice their TOMORROWS for what we have TODAY. See more 05/23/2022 Really moving film. Makes me wish I could have had these kinds of conversations with my dad before he passed. See more 05/23/2022 Loved it! Nothing like other war docs. So refreshing to hear these kinds of stories from a young woman's POV See more 03/03/2022 Loved it. A totally new perspective on wartime stories. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman accompanies some D-Day veterans to retrace their route during World War II on the 70th anniversary of the invasion.
Director
Charlotte Juergens
Distributor
First Run Features
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 18, 2020, Limited
Runtime
1h 31m
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