Thursday, November 10th
7pm
Northeastern Illinois University
Student Union
5500 N. St. Louis
Chicago IL
Golden Eagles Room

Documentary Film
The Ground Truth:
The Human Cost of War
directed by Patricia Foulkrod
www.thegroundtruth.org

The Ground Truth: The Human Cost of War is our
soldiers' perspective of the Iraq War, and how they
are being treated upon returning home. It goes beyond
the war stories to look underneath our American
tradition of going to war and then abandoning the
warrior. We see the dreams and realities that often
set up soldiers and their families for a lifetime of
heartbreak. Yet, billions of tax dollars are spent
recruiting, training, and paying soldiers to fight our
wars, only to ignore and dismiss these same people,
now well trained to serve their country, and to kill.
How do we “Support Our Troops” when the killing stops?
What is behind our silent indifference to these new
warriors, and the 272,000 homeless veterans we walk by
every day? This film asks Congress and the American
people to bear witness to these soldiers and their
families, and to consider the human cost of war above
all else.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion
featuring:

Patricia Foulkrod, filmmaker

Ray Parrish, Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Jeff Laines, Voices for Creative Nonviolence (formerly
Voices in the Wilderness)

The discussion will be followed by a participatory Q &
A session. Everyone is invited to participate.

Sponsored by NEIU Students Against War and NEIU
Socialist Club