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We Left As Brothers

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, six US veterans return to Vietnam to make peace with their experiences.

  • Evan Mulgrave
    Director
    Devil's Night, Grimes Time
  • Evan Mulgrave
    Producer
  • Todd DePastino
    Producer
  • Ben Wright
    Key Cast
  • Stephen Foreman
    Key Cast
  • Larry Woods
    Key Cast
  • Ray Amelio
    Key Cast
  • Lou Nudi
    Key Cast
  • Andy Nigut
    Key Cast
  • Maranie Rae Staab
    Executive Producers
  • Mikhail Ruchkin
    Executive Producers
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    58 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Viet Nam
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The IndieFEST Film Awards 2020

    United States
    Award of Recognition
  • Beloit International Film Festival 2021
    Beloit, Wisconsin
    United States
    February 19, 2021
    Wisconsin Premiere
    Power of Film Nominee
  • Cyrus International Festival of Toronto
    Toronto
    Canada
    Semi-Finalist
  • Coronado Island Film Festival 2020
    Coronado, California
    United States
    November 11, 2020
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Red Dirt Film Festival 2021
    Stillwater, Oklahoma
    United States
    March 12, 2021
    Oklahoma Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Sunny Side Up Film Festival 2021
    Miami, Oklahoma
    United States
    March 19, 2021
    Best Veteran Documentary; Festival Director's Choice Best Veteran Film
  • New Haven International Film Festival 2021
    New Haven, Connecticut
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Youngstown Independent Film Festival 2021
    Youngstown, Ohio
    United States
    Official Selection
  • IFI Film Festival 2021

    United States
    April 24, 2021
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Evan Mulgrave

Evan Mulgrave is an independent filmmaker from Pittsburgh, PA. After years of working on a number of short films and commercial projects, Evan co-wrote and produced his first feature-length film "Devil's Night" in 2015. Shortly after the release of "Devil's Night", Evan co-created the comedy web-series "Grimes Time" which he both writes and stars in. Evan is now making his directorial debut with "We Left as Brothers: Returning to Vietnam 50 Years After the War," a feature-length documentary about 6 U.S. veterans looking to make peace with their experiences of serving in Vietnam by returning to the country for the first time since the war.

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Director Statement

Every Vietnam veteran I spoke with while making this film said that they didn’t feel like they could talk about their experiences from the war for years, sometimes decades after they served. I wanted to make this film to help them tell their story, not only of their time in the war but what it felt like to return to a place they only knew from a brief and traumatic stay fifty years ago. I think it is important to share these experiences, to better understand the human cost of war, and to not allow it to become an abstract burden to the majority of us that will never experience it.