▮ Synopsis
War photographer Lynsey Addario’s memoir "It’s What I Do" is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in virtually every major theater of war in the twenty-first century, has shaped her life. What she does, with clarity, beauty, and candor, is to document, often in their most extreme moments, the complex lives of others. It’s her work, but it’s much more than that: it’s her singular calling.
Lynsey Addario was just finding her way as a young photographer when September 11 changed the world. One of the few photojournalists with experience in Afghanistan, she gets the call to return and cover the American invasion. She makes a decision she would often find herself making—not to stay home, not to lead a quiet or predictable life, but to set out across the world, face the chaos of crisis, and make a name for herself.
Addario finds a way to travel with a purpose. She photographs the Afghan people before and after the Taliban reign, the civilian casualties and misunderstood insurgents of the Iraq War, as well as the burned villages and countless dead in Darfur. She exposes a culture of violence against women in the Congo and tells the riveting story of her headline-making kidnapping by pro-Qaddafi forces in the Libyan civil war.
Addario takes bravery for granted but she is not fearless. She uses her fear and it creates empathy; it is that feeling, that empathy, that is essential to her work. We see this clearly on display as she interviews rape victims in the Congo, or photographs a fallen soldier with whom she had been embedded in Iraq, or documents the tragic lives of starving Somali children. Lynsey takes us there and we begin to understand how getting to the hard truth trumps fear.
As a woman photojournalist determined to be taken as seriously as her male peers, Addario fights her way into a boys’ club of a profession. Rather than choose between her personal life and her career, Addario learns to strike a necessary balance. In the man who will become her husband, she finds at last a real love to complement her work, not take away from it, and as a new mother, she gains an all the more intensely personal understanding of the fragility of life.
Watching uprisings unfold and people fight to the death for their freedom, Addario understands she is documenting not only news but also the fate of society. "It’s What I Do" is more than just a snapshot of life on the front lines; it is witness to the human cost of war.
this is the one film Jen needs to do above all others, it's the human interest dream role of a lifetime. this role is a amalgam of causes all rolled up in one character, gender equality, female role model, selfless pursuit of truth, worldview, exposure of war for the tragedy and atrocity it truly is, dedication to ideals, the list goes on. this role needs a powerful and emotive actress to pull it off, and Jen has the range of emotion and skills to light up the silver screen with this one.
my torch remains lit for this film and character.
mlkj13
03-26-2017 08:43 PM
Thank you for the videos. :)
Violent Delights
03-27-2017 12:51 PM
thanks guys! :D
J-LawForever
03-27-2017 10:21 PM
Hey, what can I say? It's What I Do. :P ;)
Violent Delights
03-28-2017 06:31 AM
Boom. :P
mlkj13
03-28-2017 06:56 PM
Oh goodness! lol
J-LawForever
03-28-2017 09:49 PM
Thank you. I'll be here all week. Just my great comic timing. :) I'm a funny guy. What can I say? :D
