Award Winner, Biography/ People of Interest, International, Politics

Make Peace or Die: Honor the Fallen

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Director:

Manny Marquez

Producers:

Ben Leiser, Anthony Marquez

2024
85 minutes

Anthony Marquez fulfilled his dream of joining the Marine Corps in  2011 and was sent Sangin, Afghanistan. His unit lost 17 Marines on the deployment. Anthony returned home, but nothing was the same. What could he do to let the men who died families know that their son would not be forgotten? He made a vow to create a “Battlefield Cross” for every Gold Star family from the deployment, and deliver it. 

Official Selection

  • 2024 GI Film Festival San Diego 2024 Circle Cinema Film Festival

Awards

  • 2024 Veteran’s Voice Award -GI Film Festival San Diego
  • 2024 Best Documentary Feature – Circle Cinema Film Festival

Honors

  • 2024 Nominated for Best Feature Documentary – GI Film Festival San Diego