BALLET SOLDIER

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BALLET SOLDIER

Stay tuned for all updates,

including premieres, Q+A discussions, and film festivals.

PLEASE JOIN OUR MAILING LIST HERE

About DMP:

Our Mission

At Deer Mountain Pictures, we are dedicated to creating impactful documentaries that resonate with audiences. Our goal is to foster community engagement and awareness around pressing social issues through powerful storytelling.

We are a film production initiative developed in 2025 by Ron Hirschberg following Certificate Program at Harvard Medical School's Media and Medicine: How to Tells Stories That Make a Difference, and a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine that followed, along with colleagues from Home Base / Mass General Brigham, and Global Response Medicine.

our Why

Why now?

Drone injury and anxiety are the “IED blast-injuries” of 2025. This film will highlight the 100s of 1000s of people experiencing trauma and the desperate need for best care for these signature invisible wounds. With 500 casualties a day and 70% from drones, this warfare is no longer the future, and will surely impact US troops, potentially right at home.

Approach

Through interviews, archival footage, and footage from the battlefield to Kyiv, the film captures the deep patriotism and call to service that leads a principal dancer to leave the stage in Paris and join the frontline. The juxtaposition of Sasha - the dancer and the scout - will be demonstrated with the beauty and emotion of his performance footage versus the dehumanized, video-game-like footage of drone targeting on the battlefield.

The signature, high-pitched drone buzzing plays a central role in contrast to the music of the ballet – to some, the “lawn mower” sound may be simply annoying, yet for Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, it is spine-chilling. During the re-creation of a pivotal conflict, the audience will feel the anticipation of a chasing drone while also experiencing the resolve and self-control that Sasha feels in the moments of the hunt - and the relief of the escape.

Deer Mountain Pictures

BALLET SOLDIER

BALLET SOLDIER

About DMP:

Our Mission

our Why

Why now?

Approach

Director Ron Hirschberg was interviewed in Psychology Today by Mitzi Purdue on April 6th 2025 about this emerging phenomenon.

This documentary short is dedicated to the men and women who serve in Ukraine for freedom, and to the thousands who have been lost in this fight. Slava Ukraini!

BALLET SOLDIER

BALLET SOLDIER

About DMP:

Our Mission

our Why

Why now?

Approach

Director Ron Hirschberg was interviewed in Psychology Today by Mitzi Purdue on April 6th 2025 about this emerging phenomenon.

This documentary short is dedicated to the men and women who serve in Ukraine for freedom, and to the thousands who have been lost in this fight. Slava Ukraini!

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