WHEN I CAME HOME

DOCUMENTARY, US, 2006, 70 minutes

Director: Dan Lohaus
Producer: Nancy Roth
Nancy Roth and Herold Noel in attendance

Today in America, over 300,000 veterans are homeless. WHEN I CAME HOME is a film about this surprising and unfortunate population: those who served in Vietnam and those returning from the current war in Iraq. It is a film about history repeating itself. Through the story of Herold Noel, an Iraq War veteran suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and living out of his car in Brooklyn, the film looks at the challenges faced by returning combat veterans and the battle many must fight for the benefits promised to them. WHEN I CAME HOME reveals a failing system and the veteran's struggle to survive after returning from the war -- a struggle often as traumatic as the battlefield they've just left.

· 2006 Tribeca Film Festival: New York Loves Film Documentary Award

Nancy Roth's previous productions include OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND. The film, released theatrically in 2005, won the 2006 Independent Spirit “Truer Than Fiction” Award and is currently airing on the Sundance Channel. Her other films include PACK, STRAP, SWALLOW, also airing on the Sundance Channel, and THE PERFECT LIFE, which premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival.