One nurse's letters exposed WWI's ugly truth when everyone else looked away.
Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.
Writing
Fairchild's unfiltered letters carry devastating poetic clarity.
Production
Archival footage and voiceover create haunting intimacy.
Director
Eliciana Nascimento
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