Soldier Girls
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Soldier Girls is a 1981 documentary film by Nick Broomfield
and Joan Churchill about several women training in the US army.
Under the aggressive Sergeant Abing are several young women, some dedicated to defending their country, others who seem to have been forced into joining by circumstance. Several of these recruits become harder and colder through the course of their basic training; Abing himself the perfect example of what the military can turn people into.
Excerpts from the film are used in U2
's song "Seconds" on their third album, War.
Nick Broomfield
Nicholas "Nick" Broomfield is an English documentary film-maker. He is the son of Maurice Broomfield, a photographer.Broomfield works with a minimal crew, recording sound himself and using one or two camera operators...
and Joan Churchill about several women training in the US army.
Under the aggressive Sergeant Abing are several young women, some dedicated to defending their country, others who seem to have been forced into joining by circumstance. Several of these recruits become harder and colder through the course of their basic training; Abing himself the perfect example of what the military can turn people into.
Excerpts from the film are used in U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
's song "Seconds" on their third album, War.