A soldier walks away from war. The military never forgave him. Neither did his motherland.
The award-winning filmmaker Peter Lilienthal is dedicated to this extremely poignant documentary of U.S. military policy and the living conditions of former resistance fighters in Latin America.
Direction
Lilienthal's patient, unflinching gaze lets silence do the talking.
Acting
Mejía's own testimony—no performance, just scarred presence.
Director
Peter Lilienthal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lilienthal, a German-Jewish exile, spent decades making films about Latin American resistance—this was his final work at 78.
Camilo Mejía became the first Iraq War veteran to publicly refuse return to combat, sparking a suppressed debate on 'desertion' vs. conscience. The U.S. military buried his story; this film didn't.
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