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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’: Honoring America’s War Veterans

Director Hausmann-Stokes’s message is simple: Make America great again by walking a mile in our veterans’ shoes and adding them to your daily gratitude list.
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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’: Honoring America’s War Veterans
Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green, L) and her best friend Zoe (Natalie Morales), in "My Dead Friend Zoe." Briarcliff Entertainment
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R | 1h 38m | Drama, Military | 2025

“My Dead Friend Zoe,” currently riding high at 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, is the directorial debut of former U.S. Army infantry paratrooper and Iraq War Bronze Star recipient Kyle Hausmann-Stokes.

Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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