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Beneath the Helmet – From High School to the Home Front

By Steve

Posted on April 30, 2014

Beneath the Helmet is a documentary film about Israeli high school graduates. Who are also soldiers. Please support this great effort.

Beneath the Helmet

Beneath the Helmet goes behind-the-scenes and explores the lives of five Israeli soldiers who just graduated high school. While their counterparts in the United States are enrolling in college, Israeli teenagers are drafted into a 2-3 year military service to safeguard their homes.

Opponents of Israel paint a grim picture of Israel’s men and women in uniform. But beneath every helmet there is an untold story. It is this story that our film seeks to share.

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Meet the cast

In our film, we follow five soldiers from diverse backgrounds and explore the personal stories and motivations that inform their service. The film features:

Eden, a 20 year-old officer who is charged with the welfare of 30 paratroopers.
Coral, a female sergeant who considered evading army service but changed her mind after high school.
Mekonan, an immigrant from Ethiopia who is faced with personal challenges that threaten his service.
Oren, a lone soldier from Switzerland who volunteered to serve at the age of 18.
Eilon, the first member of his family to serve in the army.

What’s next?

To date, we have filmed over 100 hours of footage. We followed the soldiers through 35-mile marches, parachute school, and close-quarter and simulated combat.

Now we need to transform this raw footage into a cinematic masterpiece to share the compelling stories of these Israeli soldiers with audiences worldwide.

Your contribution will help us script, edit, and score the film. (It takes close to a week just to watch the raw footage from beginning to end!)

We aim to complete post-production and begin distributing the film in the fall of 2014.

The Impact

This groundbreaking film is the first of its kind, telling the personal stories of the young men and women who put their lives on the line to protect their families and defend their homeland. Every (tax deductible) dollar that you contribute brings us closer to completing the film. Your support is greatly appreciated.