Served Like a Girl
Synopsis:
Director Lysa Heslov's powerful documentary, SERVED LIKE A GIRL, follows several American women who were wounded in action and are now transitioning from soldier to civilian after serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Struggling with PTSD, homelessness, broken families, divorce, serious illness, and military sexual abuse, these remarkable women harness humor to adapt to the emotional, social and economic challenges they face, through the MS. VETERAN AMERICA competition. Balancing beauty and brawn, they are guided by event founder and veteran Major Jas Boothe, using the competition to regain their identities and way of life that they sacrificed in foreign wars. It is an engaging and honest look at an often unseen veteran reality.
Producer: Seth Gordon, Lysa Heslov, Linda Perry
Writer: Tchavdar Gerogiev (co-writer), Lysa Heslov (co-writer)
Starring: Nichole Alred, Jas Boothe, Rachel Engler
Q&A with Director/Producer Lysa Heslov and Subjects Nichole Alred and Rachel Engler
Director Lysa Heslov's powerful documentary, SERVED LIKE A GIRL, follows several American women who were wounded in action and are now transitioning from soldier to civilian after serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Struggling with PTSD, homelessness, broken families, divorce, serious illness, and military sexual abuse, these remarkable women harness humor to adapt to the emotional, social and economic challenges they face, through the MS. VETERAN AMERICA competition. Balancing beauty and brawn, they are guided by event founder and veteran Major Jas Boothe, using the competition to regain their identities and way of life that they sacrificed in foreign wars. It is an engaging and honest look at an often unseen veteran reality.
Producer: Seth Gordon, Lysa Heslov, Linda Perry
Writer: Tchavdar Gerogiev (co-writer), Lysa Heslov (co-writer)
Starring: Nichole Alred, Jas Boothe, Rachel Engler
Q&A with Director/Producer Lysa Heslov and Subjects Nichole Alred and Rachel Engler
