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Donna Musil is an American documentary filmmaker, writer and activist exploring the subculture of U.S. military brats. She wrote and directed the award-winning 2006 documentary ''Brats: Our Journey Home'',〔Musil, Donna; Goodwin, Beth; Kristofferson, Kris. ''Brats: Our Journey Home''. Brats Without Borders, 2006. ISBN 0-9774907-1-8〕 a film about growing up the child of a military family and the effect it has on that child's adult life. She is also the founder of Brats Without Borders, a nonprofit organization dedicating to increasing awareness, celebration and support for military brats and other third culture children.〔"Brats without Borders", Federal 501c3 number: #58-2486120, http://www.bratsourjourneyhome.com/nonprofit.htm〕 The feature-length documentary is narrated by singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and features interviews with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, author Mary Edwards Wertsch, psychotherapist Stephanie Donaldson Pressman, and numerous other adult brats, aged 20 to 70. The film has been screened in over 100 locations around the United States, and has to date been screened at 21 film festivals, winning five awards.〔(List of Film Awards for ''Brats: Our Journey Home'' )〕 Musil is also a journalist and attorney by trade. An expert in the field of military brat studies, Musil conducts extensive Q&A sessions after screenings of her film and speaks on the topic with a variety of audiences, including current and adult brats, military, educational, corporate, and mental health care professionals. ==Early life== Musil was born into a career Army family on April 15, 1960. By the time she was eight, her father, Ltc. Louis F. Musil (deceased), a JAG lawyer and judge, had been away two years of her life, in the Vietnam War. Musil grew up in the very mobile lifestyle of an Army brat, moving frequently and never having a hometown. By the time she was sixteen, Musil had moved twelve times and lived on three different continents, including living in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Korea, Germany, Kentucky, and San Francisco.〔("How Can Third Culture Kids Belong? Brats: Our Journey Home" ), interview with Donna Musil〕 Musil attended three different high schools,〔 her Ninth grade was spent at Taegu American High School in Taegu, Korea - her tenth grade at Ft. Knox, Kentucky - and after her father died of cancer two months after her 16th birthday, she finished her third and final year of high school at Columbus High School in Columbus, Georgia (graduating early).〔 She graduated from the University of Georgia with an A.B. in Journalism in 1981 and a Juris Doctor (Law Degree) in 1985, and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donna Musil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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