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.
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Evan MulgraveDirectorDevil's Night, Grimes Time
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Evan MulgraveProducer
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Todd DePastinoProducer
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Ben WrightKey Cast
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Stephen ForemanKey Cast
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Larry WoodsKey Cast
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Ray AmelioKey Cast
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Lou NudiKey Cast
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Andy NigutKey Cast
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Maranie Rae StaabExecutive Producers
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Mikhail RuchkinExecutive Producers
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Runtime:58 minutes
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:Viet Nam
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Language:English
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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The IndieFEST Film Awards 2020
United States
Award of Recognition -
Beloit International Film Festival 2021Beloit, Wisconsin
United States
February 19, 2021
Wisconsin Premiere
Power of Film Nominee -
Cyrus International Festival of TorontoToronto
Canada
Semi-Finalist -
Coronado Island Film Festival 2020Coronado, California
United States
November 11, 2020
North American Premiere
Official Selection -
Red Dirt Film Festival 2021Stillwater, Oklahoma
United States
March 12, 2021
Oklahoma Premiere
Official Selection -
Sunny Side Up Film Festival 2021Miami, Oklahoma
United States
March 19, 2021
Best Veteran Documentary; Festival Director's Choice Best Veteran Film -
New Haven International Film Festival 2021New Haven, Connecticut
United States
Official Selection -
Youngstown Independent Film Festival 2021Youngstown, Ohio
United States
Official Selection -
IFI Film Festival 2021
United States
April 24, 2021
Official Selection
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.
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.