Film covers 2005 reunion, on 20th anniversary of TV series.
The Normandy Institute interdisciplinary center and Genesis Publications have released a short film about the 20th anniversary of the “Band of Brothers” TV series, based on the 2005 reunion of 17 veterans of Easy Company 506.
To view the short film on YouTube, click here.
The series debuted just two days before 9/11, and in a press release the institute drew a parallel between the two narratives playing on viewers’ televisions: “The attack remains one of the most traumatic events in history. In effect, ‘Band,’ as the series is affectionally known, proved to be the test of what we could bear to watch compared to what we had no choice but to watch.”
“Band” alumni Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Damian Lewis are quoted in the film, as in the 2008 book published by Genesis. Rare images and interviews, not shown before now, are also included.
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