Five years ago, Heather Courtney returned to her small hometown of Hancock, Mich., to make a documentary about growing up in rural America. The result is “Where Soldiers Come From,” which follows the ...

From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, Where Soldiers Come From follows the four-year journey of childhood friends, forever changed by a faraway war. A ...

Heather Courtney directed this poignant documentary profiling three friends from Michigan who are sent to Afghanistan for military duty after joining the National Guard. Later, the three men adjust to ...

Distant both culturally and geographically from the rest of the state, the Upper Peninsula is a part of Michigan that’s easily forgotten. However, documentary filmmaker Heather Courtney (“Letters From ...