The Austin American Statesman recently featured an article about the war in Iraq. Here’s whet they had to say about the film:

“At the same seminar meeting we watched Nancy Schiesari’s magnificent documentary “Tattooed Under Fire,” filmed at the River City Tattoo Parlor in Killeen. There soldiers returning from and deploying to Iraq get tattooed and tell their stories to the husband and wife parlor owner-operators.

If you think there is glory in the kind of fighting our men and women did or that they feel they accomplished something noble, listen to them explain why they want a tattoo of the grim reaper as a young child, or of a baby in a blender. See where they are going to put the last four digits of the social security numbers of the buddies killed before their eyes.”

Read the full article here.

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Director Nancy Schiesari will be in attendance at the Evergreen State College to participate in the War and Soul conference to be held at the college.

“We are a nation at war – the impact of this on our society and our educational communities has been profound.  As our nation’s veterans return to our communities, many are choosing higher education as a first step to re-orienting to our society.  Are we prepared to meet their educational needs and challenges and to acknowledge their experience and strengths?  The goal of this summit is to provide participants with new knowledge and practical skills for working with student veterans and to connect them with resources for student veterans and higher education institutions.”

Learn more about the conference here.

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Check out the interview the Austin Chronicle posted about the film:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:938016

“In Tattooed Under Fire, a young soldier shows off his deeply inked body and says to the camera, “This is my storyboard.” It’s an eloquent and apt summation of the storytelling aspect of tattooing, and the moment is one any filmmaker would know was golden. Nancy Schiesari recalls her reaction: “I thought: ‘Wow. A film student would come up with something like that.’‘”

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Tattooed Under Fire will be available for purchase via Amazon.com soon.

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We thank you for your interest in the film!

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Tattooed Under Fire will be screening at the Alamo Ritz in Austin, TX.

The screening will take place on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.

Purchase your tickets here: http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=7080

Director Nancy Schiesari and other cast and crew members will stay after the show for a Q&A with the audience.

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As the film aired over Veteran’s Day across the nation, we have compiled several reviews below.

Thanks to everyone who’s seen the film and is talking about it!

Austin 360
“Nancy Schiesari’s documentary centers on the military ritual of getting inked, interweaving the personal stories of six central characters—and their relationships to the war in Iraq—with the visual expressions of their tattoos .”

PopMatters
“This idea of an uncertain future affects most of the soldiers here, whether looking back on their recent service or forward to a first or next tour. Their efforts to gain control take various forms.” 

Salon.com
“By following both returning and deployment-bound young soldiers and the stories told on their bodies, [the film]  gets under their skin.”

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Tattooed Under Fire follows several soldiers stationed at Fort Hood as they go under the tattoo needle before and after being deployed.

Director Nancy Schiesari spent a great deal of time in Fort Hood while shooting the film. She talks to ITVS and Beyond the Box about her thoughts regarding the recent shootings. Click here to read the post.

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Tattooed Under Fire Producer/Director Nancy Schiesari will be live on the air on The Lionel Show on November 6 at 7:35 EST. Don’t miss it!

Visit The Lionel Show website.

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Prairie Miller from NewsBlaze.com has reviewed the film, and gives it 4 stars.

You can read her full review at the following link. Click here.

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Stations in San Francisco, Houston and San Antonio have picked up Tattooed Under Fire. The showtimes can be found here:

KQED/ San Francisco: 11/09/09 at 11:30 PM
KUHT / Houston: 11/11/09 at 9:30 PM
KLRN / San Antonio: 11/12/09 at 9:00 PM

Thanks again to these stations for supporting the film!

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