Anti-War Doc Body of War to Open in 14 Cities

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, Body of War, the Phil Donahue-produced anti-war doc directed by Ellen Spiro, will open in at least 14 cities, beginning in early March. Sire Records will also release a double-CD compilation, Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran, on March 18 featuring songs from Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and others. Vedder gave the film two of his songs, and performed them at September's Toronto Film Festival, where I saw the movie.

Here are Body of War reviews by Time and the NYT. It's a heartbreaking portrait of 26-year-old wounded vet Tomas Young, paralyzed in a wheelchair, who's trying to put his life together and deal with the crazy medical bureaucracy. His family and fiance are also trying to deal with him; at one point his mother learns how to insert a catheter. Young came to Toronto to push his passionate anti-war agenda.