Director of ‘Horse Soldiers of 9/11′ presents film screening Oct. 15

October 1, 2012 · by Department of Communication · in ,

The University of Washington Department of Communication presents a film screening and discussion with war reporter Alex Quade (B.A., 1992) on Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m. RSVP to attend.

NarHorse riderated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, come along for the ride with the “Horse Soldiers of 9/11”.

It was the news the world breathlessly waited for immediately after the 9/11 terror attacks:  a report of the first American troops on the ground in Afghanistan. All at once, the world’s attention focused on an iconic photo of small teams of U.S. Special Operations Forces doing something no American military had done in nearly a century: ride horses into combat. That photo would go on to inspire an artist to sculpt an 18-foot-tall monument at Ground Zero, ten years later.  The courage of the first into battle is what guarantees the courage of those that follow: “Horse Soldiers of 9/11”… a film by war reporter Alex Quade. Read more about Quade.

Alex Quade

Alex Quade

Monday, October 15, 2012
Kane Hall Room 210
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Film screening
Remarks by Alex Quade
Audience Q&A

RSVP to attend.

Alex Quade covers U.S. Special Operations Forces on combat missions downrange. She is the recipient of the national RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Award and the Congressional Medal Of Honor Society’s “Tex McCrary Award For Excellence In Journalism” for her war reportage.  Quade worked at Fox News Channel before heading overseas in 1998 to cover war zones and hostile environments as a freelancer, mainly for CNN. Extreme storytelling and silent risk-taking lie at the heart of what she does. As a “one-man-band”, she embeds with elite combat units several months at a time, producing exclusive, long-form, special series and documentaries.  Alex Quade has been embedded with every branch of the U.S. military, and serves on the Board of Military Reporters and Editors, the Association of Military Journalists.

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