Unfiltered

Margaret Suman’s nineteen-year-old son Mark was deployed overseas in 2003. He was gone fifteen months with more than a year of that time spent in Iraq at the beginning of the war. When he returned he landed a full-time job and bought a home. At first glance it appeared he was ready to live a stable and secure life.. But sadly that was not to be. In Unfiltered Suman shares her son’s battle dealing with both visible and invisible combat-related wounds during the next seventeen years and the battle with the behemoth bureaucratic systems. Taking an unfiltered look beyond fanfares and parades it tells the behind-the-scenes account that happens to millions of veterans and their families after war speaking out toward a code of silence with hopes of bringing perspective and awareness as a catalyst for change.. This is not just a story about Suman’s veteran son and family. It’s a story of millions of veterans. A story based on actual events that every American should know. Unfiltered acknowledges that wars may never end but how we deal with the aftermath must.