{"id":15,"date":"2025-09-28T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ian.welfley.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:54:01","slug":"15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ian.welfley.com\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Home of the Brave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1140px;--awb-max-height:641px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.23%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VtoEmGkSTs?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Home of the Brave<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:25px;--awb-margin-bottom:25px;\"><p class=\"p2\">Short film<br \/>\n<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Drama, History<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.24px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cIn a quiet bar on a late summer\u2019s eve, a chess match ensues between Liam Walker and Omar Richardson, two scarred veterans of America\u2019s foreign wars. The recent Iraq withdrawal causes both men to reflect on their tragic pasts, each finding they have much more in common than initially thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>Home of the Brave <\/i>marked Ian\u2019s directorial debut. The film netted him numerous awards, including Best Narrative Short at the 2022 Virginia Film Festival, and Best Writer and Best Screenplay at the Los Angeles Script Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Director of photography: Maxwell Johnson<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Production company: Moon\u2019s Eye Productions<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\" style=\"--more-btn-alignment:center;\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-8 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ian.welfley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HOTB-Pic-1.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ian.welfley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HOTB-Pic-1.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1007\" alt=\"\" title=\"&#8216;HOTB&#8217; 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