An evening celebrating the life of Tomas Young featuring Tom Morello and Phil Donahue has been announced for May 19th at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet in Kansas City, Missouri (Young’s hometown).  The evening will feature a concert by Tom Morello as well as a screening of Body of War, which will be introduced in person by co-director and executive producer Phil Donahue.  Tomas Young is also expected to be in attendance.   Of Tom Morello’s solo alter ego, Tomas Young stated “The Nightwatchman is an amazing folk musician in the tradition of Bob Dylan with the same energy and master of the guitar he first showed in Rage Against The Machine.  The Nightwatchman is a must see.”  Of Young, Morello stated “Paralyzed veteran and anti-war crusader Tomas Young is an inspiration – a war hero turned peace hero.  From his wheelchair his voice thunders louder for peace and justice than 1,000 exploding drones.”

Tomas Young is a 33-year-old Iraq War veteran who was shot above the collarbone and paralyzed from the chest down less than a week into his deployment in 2004.  He is the subject of the award-winning 2007 documentary, Body Of War, from executive producer and directors Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro.   The film documents Young’s years following Iraq and is a story about coming home as he evolves into a new person coming to terms with his disability and finding his own unique and passionate voice against the war.  It is an intimate and transformative documentary about the true face of war today.

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