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Mark Manning is a real stud, in the 21st Century sense of the term. Sure, he’s a ruggedly handsome former oil rig diver with a healthy dose of self-deprecating charm, but that’s not what makes him stud material to me (if I only had a dime for every jackass I’ve known who fit the above description). No, a stud to me is the guy who does what I say I should be doing, if only I had the guts and the character to do it. A talk-walker.

Mark Manning is a talk-walker. As a mission of reconciliation, Mark went to Jordan with a group of American mothers who’d lost children in the fighting in Iraq. There they met with Iraqi mothers who’d lost sons of their own. By way of this moving meeting, Mark received an opportunity to go to Falluja to witness the city that had just been decimated by U.S. troops.

He shot stunning footage of the city that has never been seen before. He also learned the extent of the civilian tragedy that issued from the exercise in Falluja, and has been on a crusade ever since, to raise awareness of the dire need to help Iraqi civilians.

His short film, Caught in the Crossfire, was put together as a fundraiser for aid to Iraqi civilian victims of war. It’s stunning, and everyone should buy it. Support the cause for which Mark has been traveling all over, showing the film, and speaking to groups large and small. Mark is also working on putting together a feature length film on the subject of Fallluja; stay tuned…

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