War Effects All Who Experience It
TV special that tells the personal accounts of five men and women who fought with the Canadian Forces during the Afghanistan War and how these traumatic experiences have changed their lives. Each story is a unique and different perspective of the Afghanistan War giving insight into not only what it was like to fight and survive the war but also how the emotional scars never truly heal.
Firsthand Accounts
These compelling testimonials are personal journeys into war based on actual events and stories from firsthand witnesses. They tell their stories direct to camera in remarkable detail. Their words are personal, open, raw, and emotional. It’s a unique, rare and honest view into the heroes and horrors of the Afghanistan war. Using real footage shot during the war and stylized dramatic re-enactments each story is visually brought to life that puts the viewer on the front lines.
I AM WAR: Trailer
The Heroes
Dan Mathews
Ashley Collette
Jamal Garner
James Akam
Mary Ann Barber
Sergeant Dan Mathews
Afer two tours in Bosnia, Dan arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan in July 2003, with Canadian Forces as part of the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). October 3rd, 2003 changed Dan’s life forever.
Captain Ashley Collette
Ashley led a platoon of 60 men in a remote and isolated area of Afghanistan in 2010. Her platoon lived in an old school near a small Afghan village that they helped protect. Ashley tells in detail the events of June 21st, 2010, when a patrol finds an IED and all hell breaks loose
Corporal Jamal Garner
Jamaal fought with the Royal 22nd Regiment of Canada, also called the Van Doos. He was in Afghanistan the last half of 2007. He tells the story of the loss of three friends in his unit, all by IED attacks
James Akam
He was a local Afghan interpreter with the Canadian Forces for three years between 2008 and 2010. James tells of the difficulty of being an interpreter with NATO forces and the constant threats from the Taliban towards him and his family.
Captain Mary Ann Barber
Mary Ann was a combat nurse for the Canadian Forces who completed three tours in Afghanistan in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Mary Ann experienced the horrors of war though she was never on the front lines.
Dramatic Recreations
Behind the Scenes
