American Veterans Media Film “Edison 64” January 15, 2022 Premiere

DATE: Saturday, January 15, 2022

TIME: 10am Screening  & 2nd Screening at 1pm

PLACE: Thomas A. Edison High School and John C. Fareira Skills Center, 151 W Luzerne St, Philadelphia, PA

FREE REGISTRATION: Free tickets to the screening are available at https://bit.ly/3J9MvIQ. 

Co-directed by Shawn Swords and Roger Bruce, the film explores the time the students spent at Thomas Edison High School and aims to shine a light on, and pay tribute to, the disproportionate number of Edison students turned soldiers who enlisted in the hopes of a better life but who ended up giving their lives.

Edison 64,” a feature-length documentary produced by American Veterans Media that tells the story of the 64 students from Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia that were killed during the Vietnam War, makes its Philadelphia premiere at Thomas A. Edison High School and John C. Fareira Skills Center, 151 W Luzerne St, Philadelphia, on Saturday, January 15, 2022. The premiere is in partnership with the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Although the original Edison High School featured in the film was relocated and replaced by the co-educational Edison/Fareira High School, the location of the premiere is significant as Thomas Edison High School had more students killed during the Vietnam War than any other high school in America.

For more details on the film, the premiere, and subsequent screening dates and locations, visit american veterans media.org. 

American Veterans Media is a documentary and television production company focused on producing veterans themed documentary films, television, print and radio content, Library of Congress interviews, content for academic curriculums and live programs.

Based in Philadelphia, American Veterans Media is comprised of noted military scholars, veterans themed media entities, veterans, veterans advocates and the production team that produced “Remember The 27 Crusaders” about the 27 students from Father Judge High School that died during The Vietnam War and several other documentaries (Wages of Spin, Charlie Gracie Fabulous, Duffy’s Cut) and television content that has been exhibited/distributed thru PBS, Fox, TCM, UPN and Irish/Sky TV.