| Semper Fi: Always Faithful | |
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 Promotional poster photo of Jerry Ensminger graduation day from Drill Instructor School, 19 December 1975 Parris Island, S. C. | |
| Directed by | Tony Hardmon and Rachel Libert |
| Produced by | Jedd Wider, and Todd Wider |
| Starring | Jerry Ensminger, Master Sergeant USMC (retired), Tom Townsend, Major USMC (retired), Mike Partain, Denita McCall (deceased) |
| Edited by | Purcell Carson |
Production company | Wider Film Projects |
| Distributed by | MSNBC |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Semper Fi: Always Faithful, is a documentary film about the Camp Lejeune water contamination. The film made the 15 film short list for consideration for a 2012 Academy Award for best documentary feature.[1] The film, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2011,[2] has a 100% "fresh" rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, indicating highly positive critical reviews.[3] The film won a documentary editing award at Tribeca[4] and The Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize 2012.[5] The Society of Professional Journalists presented it with its Sigma Delta Chi Award for Best Television Documentary (Network).
- ^ Fears, Darryl, "Film Examines Camp Lejeune Tragedy", Washington Post, 22 January 2012, p. 3
- ^ Associated Press, "Film About Camp Lejeune Water Premieres At Tribeca", wtci12.com, 20 April 2011.
- ^ Semper Fi: Always Faithful, rottentomatoes.com. Accessed 10 March 2012.
- ^ Scheib, Ronnie. Semper Fi: Always Faithful, Variety (magazine), 11 May 2011.
- ^ 2012 Ridenhour Prize Winners Announced at ridenhour.org, March 22, 2012
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