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Wars can begin with a single shot. Peace is a task for generations. On a journey around the world, the film explores examples of how peace emerges and what it takes to preserve it in the long term, and to foster understanding, reconciliation, and coexistence.
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Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.

When Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch is critically wounded in Afghanistan, it sets him and his sons on a journey of love, loss, redemption and legacy.