To honor Veterans Day, Vet Tix, a veteran-led 501(c)3 nonprofit group, in partnership with Navy Federal Credit score Union, has launched a nationwide Pay It Ahead marketing campaign. This initiative goals to ship service members, veterans, their households, Gold Star households, and first responders to see SHEEPDOG in theaters by buying tickets by way of Fandango.
“Vet Tix was based to supply memorable, world-class experiences for our veterans, service members, first responders, and their households,” stated Michael A. Focareto III, U.S. Navy veteran, Founder and CEO of Vet Tix. “From concert events to sporting occasions like NASCAR and the Tremendous Bowl, Vet Tix distributes hundreds of thousands of free tickets yearly due to the generosity of donors, the American public, and firms nationwide. With this partnership, SHEEPDOG, a movie that carries a message of therapeutic and hope, will probably be accessible by way of Vet Tix for veterans to expertise in theaters.”
To maximise the attain, Vet Tix is collaborating with Fandango, the main on-line film ticketing platform, to buy and distribute tickets to its 2.4 million veteran members. The objective is to ship 100,000 veterans, together with their households and buddies, to see SHEEPDOG.
“SHEEPDOG is greater than only a film; it’s a robust reminder of the resilience and energy inside our navy group,” stated Captain Keith Hoskins (USN Retired), Govt Vice President of Navy Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Navy Federal Credit score Union, a founding accomplice of the marketing campaign. “At Navy Federal, we serve those that serve, and this movie displays the braveness, sacrifice, and hope that outline our members. We invite everybody to expertise this story and be part of us in honoring the heroes who encourage us day-after-day.”
The movie addresses the problem of Publish-Traumatic Stress Dysfunction (PTSD) and the potential for Publish Traumatic Progress—therapeutic and private improvement by way of remedy and group help. Directed, written, and starring Steven Grayhm, SHEEPDOG options an ensemble forged together with Emmy Nominee Vondie Curtis Corridor, Academy Award Nominee Virginia Madsen, Tony Nominee Lilli Cooper, Dominic Fumusa, and Matt Dallas. It has been described as “poised to do for veterans what movies like Good Will Searching did to normalize remedy and exhibit that there’s at all times hope.”
“The overwhelming love and emotional response we’ve acquired from audiences nationwide for SHEEPDOG has deeply touched us,” stated Steven Grayhm. “Listening to how this story resonates and sparks conversations about service, sacrifice, and therapeutic is humbling. We’re extremely grateful to our VSO and company companions—particularly Vet Tix and Navy Federal Credit score Union—for supporting us and believing within the energy of this movie.”
Grayhm additionally stars alongside an ensemble forged together with Emmy Nominee Vondie Curtis Corridor, Academy Award Nominee Virginia Madsen, Tony Nominee Lilli Cooper, Dominic Fumusa, and Matt Dallas.
Shot on location in Western Massachusetts, SHEEPDOG is the primary movie that actually explores the bodily and psychological repercussions of trauma, with a concentrate on Publish Traumatic Progress (PTG). It’s an uplifting authentic story, impressed by numerous first-hand testimonials about restoration, redemption, and the journey of therapeutic. Further particulars are included under.
Every single day, roughly 17 veterans take their very own lives. The veteran group faces PTSD at twice the speed of civilians. The mission of SHEEPDOG is to ignite a nationwide dialog that strikes past empty phrases and gives communities with a transparent roadmap to higher help our veterans.
Following its success on the indie pageant circuit, the movie may have a vast theatrical launch on January sixteenth.
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