Soldiers' Response to the Troop Greeters (Clip 2 of 2)
Soldiers who are returning home talk about their responses to the troop greeters who welcome them at the airport.
A troop greeter goes to the airport in Bangor, Maine, to welcome home a flight of returning soldiers.
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The Way We Get By (90 min.)
Premiere Date: November 11, 2009
Encore Broadcast Date: Aug. 3, 2010
Streaming Dates: Expired
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Trailer: Link
Filmmaker: Aron Gaudet Bio | Interview | Statement
Press: Press Release | Critical Acclaim | Fact Sheet | Filmmaker Statement | Veterans Day Broadcast
It's really a personal story not a political one. That goes for the greeters themselves as well. They have different views on the war, but their main goal is to support the troops.”
— Aron Gaudet, Filmmaker
August 3, 2010
The Way We Get By is about three people, not about military or political combat. It strikes a deep, rich vein of emotion that flows through America's elderly, and it should be required viewing for those who think they know exactly what America is about. . . . The Way We Get By is as much art as it is documentary.”
— Dan Zak,
Washington Post
The Way We Get By is an Iraq War documentary, albeit in the loosest sense ... a lovely, uncondescending look at three lives enriched by kindness.”
— Eugene Novikov,
Cinematical
The dignity and integrity of these people will stir even the coldest heart.”
— Robyn Hillman-Harrigan,
The Huffington Post
[P]layed out against a backdrop of small acts of generosity and empathy, and small, fleeting dramas at Bangor's airport ... it's about the universal struggles of growing old.”
— Linda Matchan,
The Boston Globe
