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GOLD STAR CHILDREN

Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who've lost a parent to war. The film follows the parallel journey of two generations; today's war orphans heal alongside the now adult-children survivors of the Vietnam war.

Director Mitty Griffis Mirrer's father was killed in Vietnam 16 hours after she was born. Through Gold Star Children Mirrer weaves together an inspiring narrative told through the eyes of a young girl whose father was killed in Iraq and a child of the Vietnam war who grew up suffering parental loss in silence.

The once hushed Vietnam era children reach out to today's war orphans. Gold Star children of all ages benefit from witnessing each other's grief. A story of hope, the film explores the redemptive power of sharing and the resilience of our nation's Gold Star children, who continue to carry the greatest burden of our country's wars.

GOLD STAR CHILDREN TRAILER

Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who've lost a parent to war. The film follows the parallel journey of two generations; today's war orphans heal alongside the now adult-children survivors of the Vietnam war. MORE   

GOLD STAR CHILDREN

Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who've lost a parent to war. The film follows the parallel journey of two generations; today's war orphans heal alongside the now adult-children survivors of the Vietnam war.

Director Mitty Griffis Mirrer's father was killed in Vietnam 16 hours after she was born. Through Gold Star Children Mirrer weaves together an inspiring narrative told through the eyes of a young girl whose father was killed in Iraq and a child of the Vietnam war who grew up suffering parental loss in silence.

The once hushed Vietnam era children reach out to today's war orphans. Gold Star children of all ages benefit from witnessing each other's grief. A story of hope, the film explores the redemptive power of sharing and the resilience of our nation's Gold Star children, who continue to carry the greatest burden of our country's wars.

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By Mitty Griffis Mirrer and Mark Monroe, writer of The Tillman Story and The Cove Director/ Producer Mirrer seeks to capture the personal journey of dealing with the war death of a parent then and now.

The Trailer was recently featured as a special on national CBS news. Click below to view the video.

CBS Evening News: Fathers lost in war, children search for answers.

We need your help to finish this documentary film.

The goal of documenting this community of our children of war is to give voice to children then and now, and by doing so, help future generations of children who suffer the costs of losing a parent to war. It is through this connection if loss, that we begin to see our nation’s Gold Star children healing one another.

Simply put, we want to get the film out to as many people as possible. A national broadcast, American military communities around the world, Universities and schools, all could benefit from this story.

Goldcrest Films, the production company that also represented The Tillman Story, Restrepo and Battle Company, has committed to helping this film reach a broader audience once complete.