Grounds for Resistance : Stories of War, Sacrifice, and Good Coffee
(eVideo)

English

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 21, 2012.

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Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a major U.S. military facility located nine miles south of Tacoma, Washington. Within walking distance of the base sits Coffee Strong, a non-profit cafe established in 2008 by young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. At Coffee Strong, soldiers, veterans, and members of military families have a venue in which to openly discuss politics, combat experiences, and the impact of war. The cafe also provides counseling services and other resources for those struggling with combat stress, military sexual trauma, difficulties with veteran benefits, or legal challenges. This documentary profiles the veterans who run Coffee Strong, exploring their decisions to join the military, their memories of deployment, their relationships with one another, and how their efforts to make a more peaceful and just world overlap with their own experiences of war.

10 and up.

Contains profanity.

Mode of access: Internet.

System requirements: Access Video On Demand playback platform.

Closed-captioned.