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Title:
Lioness (2008)
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81 min    -    Rating: 7.5
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Lioness presents the untold story of the first group of women soldiers in US history to be sent into direct ground combat, in violation of official policy. Told through intimate accounts, journal excerpts, archive footage, as well as interviews with military commanders, the film follows five women who served together for a year in Iraq. With captivating detail, this probing documentary reveals the unexpected course of events that began with using US women soldiers to defuse tensions with local civilians, but resulted in the women's fighting in some of the bloodiest counter-insurgency battles of the war. Together the women's candid narratives and scenes from their lives back home form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war from a female point of view. Lioness is the first film to bridge the gap between perception and reality of the role women in the military are playing in Iraq, capturing an historical turning point for American society.

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Lioness (2008)
directed by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers

The file share includes extras previously omitted as well as "Team Lioness On
Capitol Hill"

Main documentary run time 1 hr 22 mins

IMDb ref:/tt1202749

From the website description:

Synopsis

Lioness tells the story of a group of female Army support soldiers who were part
of the first program in American history to send women into direct ground combat.
Without the same training as their male counterparts but with a commitment to
serve as needed, these young women fought in some of the bloodiest
counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq war and returned home as part of this
country’s first generation of female combat veterans. Lioness makes public, for
the first time, their hidden history.

Told through intimate accounts, journal excerpts, archival footage, as well as
interviews with military commanders, the film follows five Lioness women who
served together for a year in Iraq. With captivating detail, this probing
documentary reveals the unexpected consequences that began by using these Army
women to defuse tensions with local civilians, but resulted in their fighting
alongside Marine combat units in the streets of Ramadi. Together the women's
candid narratives describing their experiences in Iraq and scenes from their lives
back home form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war from a
female point of

Director's statement--

When we first met up with the Lioness women, they had already been back in the
U.S. for over a year and it was clear that what they had experienced in Iraq was
only part of the story. The rest was unfolding in their lives as they confronted
the reality that they were called upon to do the one thing they were told they
could never do: engage in direct combat. And they were asked to do so precisely
because they were female.

Because neither of us come from military backgrounds, we approached our subjects
with an attitude of discovery. We did not assume that we knew what life was like
for them and remained open to understanding their world and its logic. As we
listened to their combat stories, what emerged was a tale that touches on the
universal horror of war but one told from a female perspective.

The website which can find with Google > 'Lioness movie'  also contains
information about awards for the film and a teaching guide for use in schools.

My previous notes (2013)

 I have torrented this film before and it seemed to be received well on file
shares.  But no one of the many downloaders over at demon* have kept it going nor
can it be found elsewhere on torrents using the most common search engines.

  At this moment of January 2013 the Joint Chiefs of Staff have given approval
for women in combat positions. It is rightly stated that women have been doing
this for ten years.  Team Lioness consists of women fully trained in battle whose
express purpose is to assist in searches of women who are captured in the war in
Iraq.
 
   This film is not about whether the US should be in Iraq searching women for
weapons.  What it is about is a group of women who, as the DVD tagline says were
'there for the action but missing from history.'

  The Film shows both combat and stateside portraits of these women.

  You see, these women do not get full combat pay, treatment for PTSD or battle
ribbons for outstanding service.  The testimony given to Congress addresses these
issues.  "Team Lioness on Capitol Hill" is a short clip of the proceedings at about
15 minutes.

  Many issues have come to the fore as to why women should be given full rank and
duty with men.  "Lioness"  presents many of the reasons why and perhaps that
testimony 5 years ago took this long to be adopted by the military.

  When I first fileshared Lioness I concluded with one phrase that still holds
true: whether you are man or woman, war will change you.

Notes written January 2013
==

Notes on the new Torrent  

 I made this more complete version of Lioness due to the news stories about women
now completing advanced field training for the US military.  These stories made it
sound like there were no female combat veterans previously.  Lioness (2008) tells
that story. The majority of the extras are now included in this torrent.  See the
Lioness website and get the film and teaching materials for your schools.  Its
awards and accolades are well-deserved.

Updated September 5th 2015 (but got orphaned)

   New torrent made January 5th 2020

 

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by loninappleton:_trusted_uploader::_junkie:
    on 2020-01-05 21:19:40
avatarI'll give bandwidth to this as needed.  A long notes file above but I have maintained it for a long time.
There are a few shorts  (with high view numbers) on Team Lioness since the documentary was made.
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