German American Jerry Ensminger was a devoted Marine Corps Master Sgt. for nearly twenty-five years. As a drill instructor he lived and breathed the "Corps" and was responsible for indoctrinating thousands of new recruits with its motto Semper Fidelis or "Always Faithful." When Jerry's nine-year-old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. As a grief-stricken father, he struggled for years to make sense of what happened. His search for answers led to the shocking discovery of a Marine Corps cover-up of one of the largest water contamination incidents in U.S. history. Semper Fi: Always Faithful follows Jerry's mission to expose the Marine Corps and force them to live up to their motto to the thousands of Marines and their families exposed to toxic chemicals. His fight reveals a grave injustice at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune and a looming environmental crisis at military sites across the country.
Accoladesedit
Semper Fi: Always Faithful has won/nominated the following awards:[6][7]
C-SPAN Q&A interview with Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert, April 1, 2012
April 11, 2024
semper, always, faithful, documentary, film, about, camp, lejeune, water, contamination, film, made, film, short, list, consideration, 2012, academy, award, best, documentary, feature, film, which, debuted, tribeca, film, festival, april, 2011, fresh, rating, . Semper Fi Always Faithful is a documentary film about the Camp Lejeune water contamination The film made the 15 film short list for consideration for a 2012 Academy Award for best documentary feature 1 The film which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2011 2 has a 100 fresh rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes indicating highly positive critical reviews 3 The film won a documentary editing award at Tribeca 4 and The Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize 2012 5 The Society of Professional Journalists presented it with its Sigma Delta Chi Award for Best Television Documentary Network Semper Fi Always FaithfulPromotional poster photo of Jerry Ensminger graduation day from Drill Instructor School 19 December 1975 Parris Island S C Directed byTony Hardmon and Rachel LibertProduced byJedd Wider and Todd WiderStarringJerry Ensminger Master Sergeant USMC retired Tom Townsend Major USMC retired Mike Partain Denita McCall deceased Edited byPurcell CarsonProductioncompanyWider Film ProjectsDistributed byMSNBCRelease dateApril 21 2011 2011 04 21 Tribeca Film Festival Running time76 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Accolades 3 References 4 External linksSynopsis editGerman American Jerry Ensminger was a devoted Marine Corps Master Sgt for nearly twenty five years As a drill instructor he lived and breathed the Corps and was responsible for indoctrinating thousands of new recruits with its motto Semper Fidelis or Always Faithful When Jerry s nine year old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia his world collapsed As a grief stricken father he struggled for years to make sense of what happened His search for answers led to the shocking discovery of a Marine Corps cover up of one of the largest water contamination incidents in U S history Semper Fi Always Faithful follows Jerry s mission to expose the Marine Corps and force them to live up to their motto to the thousands of Marines and their families exposed to toxic chemicals His fight reveals a grave injustice at North Carolina s Camp Lejeune and a looming environmental crisis at military sites across the country Accolades editSemper Fi Always Faithful has won nominated the following awards 6 7 Nomination for News amp Documentary Emmy Awards 2013 Won Best Editing for the Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Won Best Documentary for United Nations Association Film Festival 2012 Woodstock Film Festival 2011 Won Audience Award Won Jury Prize Runners Up for Best Editing San Diego Film Festival 2011 8 Won Best DocumentaryReferences edit Fears Darryl Film Examines Camp Lejeune Tragedy Washington Post 22 January 2012 p 3 Associated Press Film About Camp Lejeune Water Premieres At Tribeca wtci12 com 20 April 2011 Semper Fi Always Faithful rottentomatoes com Accessed 10 March 2012 Scheib Ronnie Semper Fi Always Faithful Variety magazine 11 May 2011 2012 Ridenhour Prize Winners Announced at ridenhour org March 22 2012 Semper Fi Always Faithful 2011 Awards IMDb Retrieved October 9 2014 Movie Semper Fi Sembene Film Festival 2016 04 10 Archived from the original on 2016 04 10 Retrieved 2019 09 23 Award Winners 2012 04 29 Archived from the original on 2012 04 29 Retrieved 2019 09 23 External links editOfficial website Semper Fi Always Faithful at IMDb nbsp C SPAN Q amp A interview with Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert April 1 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Semper Fi Always Faithful amp oldid 1108009969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
