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Blind Turtle Productions is the film and documentary division of the tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Brats Without Borders.
BWB was founded by Donna Musil in 1999 to create film, art, and educational programming to educate, illuminate, and provide hope - including programming designed to advance education and science, lessen national and neighborhood tensions, eliminate prejudice and discrimination, defend human and civil rights, and explore the unique subculture of military “brats” (i.e., children raised in military families) and other “third culture kids” (e.g., children who spend a portion of their youth outside their country of citizenship, primarily due to their parent(s) careers with diplomatic services, international corporations, educational organizations, and other groups).
If you would like to support our films and educational/arts programs by making a tax-deductible donation, please go to our BWB Donations Page and follow the instructions. All funds go directly to Brats Without Borders (Federal Tax ID #58-2486120). Thank you for your help!
FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES
Here are some of the films and documentaries your donation supports:
Strangled - A career thief is executed for a series of brutal rapes and murders, but the evidence is conflicting. Did he or didn’t he? Is our criminal justice system designed to even pursue the truth?
Our Own Private Battlefield - Twenty years after the Vietnam War tore their family apart, a combat Marine and his daughter use their art to explore the inter-generational effects of war and trauma on military families.
Truman’s Kids - How President Truman’s “grand experiment” to integrate the military in 1948 has affected generations of American children, and what we might learn from their experiences.
BRATS: Our Journey Home - U.S. military brats describe growing up around the world, then struggling to fit into an America their families fought for, but barely know. Narrated and featuring songs by Kris Kristofferson. We are currently working on an anniversary edition, featuring lots of additional footage, as well as a new “BRATS Raw” edition, featuring psychotherapist Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman.
educational & arts programming
Here are some of the educational and arts programming your donation supports:
Operation Military Brat - Hundreds of free screenings of BRATS: Our Journey Home around the world and on AFN Television in 178 countries (outside the United States), along with donations of Military BRAT Libraries, a collection of books and films about growing up military, to schools and libraries.
UNCLASSIFIED: The Military Kid Art Show - Contemporary art exhibit, celebrating and exploring the Military Brat subculture. Winner of the Newman's Own award for breaking the mold and creating innovative programs that improve the quality of life for military families, past and present.
BRAT Art Institute - the first multidisciplinary art institute for military brats in the world. Programs include art camps and workshops for military brats, led by professional artists who were also raised in military families. and professional development and art curriculum for military-connected schools and students; community forums; and a library to collect and preserve military brat art, history, and research. A joint project of BWB and the Military Kid Art Project™, it's all about fun, making connections, and expressing oneself.
"BRATS 1.0" Educate-the-Educator & Teen Transition Workshops™ - Workshops designed to raise the cultural competency of parents, educators and health professionals, by exploring the effects of mobility, deployment, reintegration, PTSD, and death and injury on military “brats” and TCKs from the child’s point-of-view.
BRATS Clubs™ - After-school and community clubs for children and adults raised in military and other TCK families to gather, grow, and support each other through social, leaderships, and community service activities.
