SAMHSA VOICE AWARD WINNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY
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A film that reveals the voices and realities often left unspoken
The Film
Some stories are difficult to tell.
Others are difficult to hear.
Battlefield: Home – Breaking the Silence explores the often-unspoken realities carried by veterans, military families, caregivers, and communities impacted by trauma, transition, and service.
Through personal interviews and lived experiences, the film examines identity, isolation, resilience, caregiving, moral injury, and the lasting human impact of war beyond the battlefield itself.
While rooted in military experience, the conversations extend far beyond one community — revealing experiences that resonate across families, education, healthcare, leadership, and everyday life.
Through film and guided dialogue, Battlefield: Home turns silence into conversations that foster greater understanding, compassion, and hope.
Battlefield: Home is more than a film.
It is an invitation to conversation.
Through storytelling and guided dialogue, Battlefield: Home helps create conversations that foster greater understanding, compassion, and hope.
Carnegie Hall
The cultural reach of Battlefield: Home continues to expand beyond traditional film screenings and educational programming.
The documentary received national recognition through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Voice Awards for its contribution to public dialogue surrounding military, veteran, and family experiences.
The film has also inspired Letters Home, an original orchestral and choral composition by composer Shawn Crouch. Performed by the University of Miami Frost Chorale and the New England Symphonic Ensemble under the direction of Matthew Brady, the work will receive its world premiere at Carnegie Hall on May 30, 2026.
Built from personal letters, journals, emails, and lived experiences spanning from World War I through Iraq and Afghanistan, Letters Home continues Battlefield: Home’s mission of turning silence into conversations through storytelling, reflection, and shared human experience.
Anita Sugimura Holsapple is an award-winning filmmaker, sociologist, former professional chef, conflict resolution specialist, and founder of Battlefield: Home, a storytelling and trauma-informed education initiative focused on turning silence into conversations through film, dialogue, storytelling, and shared human experience.
As the daughter of a Japanese survivor of the bombing of Nagasaki and a U.S. Marine, Anita brings both lived experience and professional insight into the realities of trauma, service, caregiving, transition, and family systems.
Her work explores how these experiences shape not only those who serve, but also the families and communities who carry their lasting impact.
For over a decade, Anita served as a caregiver to both of her parents, including six years of intensive, full-time care for her mother. This experience deepened her understanding of caregiving, chronic stress, grief, resilience, and the often-unseen realities faced by families navigating long-term illness and loss.
She holds a Master of Science in Conflict Analysis & Resolution, with academic foundations in sociology and psychology, and serves as a subject matter expert in military-family and community engagement.
Through Battlefield: Home, Anita facilitates conversations and educational experiences that help communities, organizations, educators, and leadership groups engage difficult human realities with greater understanding, compassion, and humanity.
Anita Sugimura Holsapple
Storyteller, Educator, Facilitator
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