Finding Harding:
Lost at Shore
Sometimes leaving the military means
losing yourself.
A U.S. Navy Veteran filmmaker searches for a former shipmate who disappeared from contact after leaving Active Duty — and confronts the deeper disappearance many Veterans face after service: the loss of identity, purpose, structure, and belonging.
The search for Harding becomes
a larger reckoning.
Tyler Harding was my shipmate.
We knew each other inside the structured world of the Navy, where identity was issued, reinforced, and understood. After Active Duty, Harding disappeared from contact.
The film begins with the search for him. It becomes a search for what happens to Veterans after the structure is gone.
What happens when
the mission ends?
For some Veterans, leaving service
does not feel like freedom.
It feels like disappearance.
Now in
active production
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Finding Harding: Lost at Shore is a fiscally sponsored project of the International Documentary Association (IDA), 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Contributions in support of Finding Harding: Lost at Shore are payable to IDA and are tax deductible as allowed by law.
Finding Harding: Lost at Shore is independently produced and is not produced, owned, or editorially controlled by IDA.