A documentary about serving your country, and what happens when you come home.
A forthcoming documentary feature film from Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Sophie Barksdale.
About
The film follows a group of Veterans from diverse backgrounds across Wyoming as they reflect on their time in the service, the return to civilian life, and the complex trauma they still carry with them. Part pensive retrospective, part examination of PTSD, part oral history, Crossing the Threshold create a space for Veterans to discuss the difficulties and dissonances of returning home changed.
Who were they when they enlisted?
Who were they when they returned?
And why does Wyoming have one of the highest proportions of Veterans in the nation?
Characters
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Lee "Giz" Tendore
FATHER / FORMER TRIBAL LIAISON / VETERAN
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Brad Young
COUNSELOR / FATHER / VETERAN
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Meghan Lucas
YOGA INSTRUCTOR / ADVENTURER / VETERAN
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J.C Dye
ARTIST / COWBOY / VETERAN
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Hannah King
HEALTHCARE WORKER / HUNTER / VETERAN
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Tom Casey
HUSBAND / ROCK-CLIMBER / VETERAN
“WE’VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF TURNING OF TURNING CIVILIANS INTO SOLDIERS, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY FAILED AT HELPING SOLDIERS TRANSITION BACK INTO CIVILIANS.”
— Mica Fink, ‘Heroes & Horses’
KEY CREATIVES
SOPHIE BARKSDALE
DIRECTOR
Twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Lander, Wyoming. With an extensive background in film and the arts, Sophie worked for Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board), numerous film festivals in the USA, Australia & Ireland, and was employed for several years at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, one of the Southern Hemisphere’s premier cultural institutions. She has worked on 2022’s ‘Who She Is’, 2021’s ‘Home From School: The Children of Carlisle’ and 2019’s ‘The State of Equality’. ‘Crossing the Threshold’ will be her first feature-length film as director.
JOSEPH LYNCH
COMMUNICATIONS
Joseph Lynch is a designer specializing in graphic and communication design. Joseph has produced promotional and learning material for film and arts clients in the United States and Australia, including the marketing and communication assets and learning materials for ‘Home From School: The Children of Carlisle’ (2021) which are now available through PBS Learning media and the National Indian Education Association. He has in-house Communications & Fundraising experience in non-profits and holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Melbourne’s RMIT.
