Behind The Film: Soul Patrol with J.M. Harper
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On this episode of Indie Film Weekly, Glen Reynolds and Jason Connell speak with filmmaker J.M. Harper about Soul Patrol, a documentary on the first all-Black special operations team in Vietnam and the surviving soldiers’ reunion 50 years later. Harper recounts discovering the book Soul Patrol, spending six years earning veteran Ed’s trust, and focusing the film on the present-tense toll of Vietnam—PTSD, grief, and the meaning of “team”—rather than a conventional history lesson.
Harper discusses Ed’s vendetta after his cousin Ricky’s death, a mysterious moment when North…
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