AFF Presents: Year at Danger

AFF Presents: Year at Danger
Thursday, June 12
Regal Arbor Cinema (9828 Great Hills Trail)
7:30pm, Free for AFF members, $4 for general public
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Last August, as the Austin Film Festival was ramping up, we spoke to Austin-based filmmaker Don Swaynos about the creepy slash awesome animated commercials he'd produced (along with partner Cameron Petri) for the folks at AFF.

But Don's commercials weren't the only work he had premiering at AFF '07. Along with pal Steve Metze, he presented a documentary feature called Year at Danger, a firsthand account of Metze's deployment as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A West Point graduate, Desert Storm veteran, and filmmaker, Metze packed a camera along with his battle gear, and spent a year documenting his experiences in the war-torn country. Since Metze's primary focus was, you know, staying alive, the film offers a perspective you probably won't see in any other Iraq war doc. A soldier's perspective.

This Thursday, the AFF will host a special screening of Year at Danger at the Regal Arbor Theater, with Swaynos and Metze in attendance for a Q&A after the film. The screening is free for AFF members (why not join?) and $4 for the general public.

Oh, yeah... and Year at Danger was produced independently, so any donation you felt like making would really help a brotha out.

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