In Country
ABOUT
Few would mistake Oregon’s grassy fields for the jungles of Vietnam, but war re-enactors try. Dressed in fatigues, these men willingly recreate a war most choose to forget. This at times humorous, but ultimately disquieting, trip into the men’s minds and private lives blurs fantasy with trauma, therapy with nostalgia.
A native of New England, Meghan O’Hara is a documentary filmmaker and Associate Professor of Documentary Film at CalState Monterey Bay. Her short film “The Field Trip” premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Her feature documentary, “In Country” - which won the Points North Forum in 2012 - premiered at Full Frame, Hot Docs, and CPH:DOX, earning rave reviews in TIME, Salon, The Atlantic. She is a 2014 Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellow, recipient of an Eastman/Kodak award for Excellence in Cinematography, and was named one of The Independent’s “10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014. O’Hara’s work has received support from the NEH, The Sundance Institute, HotDocs Forum, Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), and DOK.Incubator. Currently, O'Hara is developing a documentary about the long forgotten Tektite Program. O’Hara holds an MFA in Documentary from Stanford University and a BA in Nonfiction from Hampshire College.
Mike Attie is a filmmaker and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. His nonfiction work has shown at festivals around the world including Sundance, HotDocs, CPH:DOX and of course, Camden. Mike is a former Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellow and is currently an associate professor at the University of the Arts and director of the film major.
CREDITS
Mike Attie