Lioness [videorecording] / Chicken & Egg Pictures presents in association with Impact Partners ; a Room 11 Productions film ; directed and produced by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers.
Originally produced in 2008. Special features: exclusive, never-before-seen footage; update: Team Lioness on Capitol Hill; trailer; filmmaker biographies; The changing role of women in the military. Participants: Shannon Morgan, Rebeccca Nava, Kate Guttormsen, Anastasia Breslow, Ranie Ruthig.
Summary:
Lioness makes public, for the first time, the hidden history of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat. Told through intimate accounts and interviews with military commanders, the film follows five lioness women who served together for a year in Iraq. Together the women's narratives form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war from a female point of view.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.