2026: What Lies Ahead for THE FIGHT TO FIGHT
After more than two years, THE FIGHT TO FIGHT documentary is fast approaching “picture lock.” This is a crucial milestone in filmmaking. It means timing, shot order, scene structure, transitions, and duration of the documentary are considered approved and fixed.
Essentially, the visual edit is finalized, and it marks the point where our tiny but mighty creative team hands off its work to highly paid professionals who will polish it with film magic – sound design and mix, visual effects, and color correction.
Whew! It took a lot of work to get to this point, and I am so grateful to the creative team who helped me pull everything together into a cohesive and compelling film after field production was complete. Producer Richard Hutton, Composer Larry Groupé, Editor Mark Romanov and Consulting Editor Ali Learned-Wolf have imbued the film with solid structure, strong emotion, and compelling pacing.
Immediate Next Steps
Next up for the film is to book time with studios for audio and color post-production work.
These important tasks need to be performed by specialized professionals who will “sweeten” dialogue, add sound effects, and apply color grading to achieve a unified look. Finally, they will prepare masters of the film for different platforms.
As you can imagine, this level of specialized work is not something our creative team can do, and, unfortunately, it is very expensive. However, it is essential to make this documentary as polished and powerful as possible in support of servicewomen, who are threatened today with removal or reassignment from ground combat jobs based on their sex.
This is an especially crucial time for military women, as the Pentagon has recently ordered a review of women serving in ground combat positions, asking for both objective and subjective data. The review disregards annual readiness evaluations conducted from 2019 to 2023 that led the Army to conclude readiness and effectiveness were not degraded by the integration of women into ground combat units.
Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii calls the study “an attack on women” and a step that lays the groundwork for Secretary Hegseth to remove women from ground combat units.
Education and Engagement
Two additional steps are currently in early stages of planning:
1. Distribution, a hybrid plan for getting the film seen in theaters, festivals, select screenings, and via streaming.
2. Education and engagement, an outreach program intended to recognize the historic achievements of women in military service and foster support for women currently serving in combat units.
For each of these steps, we will be seeking help from our community of friends and followers. One way you can help us spread the message of the film is to introduce us to the leadership of large organizations you belong to that support women in the military, and the right for women to serve in any job for which they are fully qualified.
For the right organization and venue, we may be able to do a screening for either educational purposes and/or as a fundraiser.
For example, we will work to arrange screenings with such organizations as Women in International Security (WIIS), Women in Service Coalition Inc. (WiSCI), Women in Military Aviation, the Servicewomen and Women Veterans (SWWV) Caucus, the ACLU, the Military Women’s Memorial, Vets Vote, and more.
However, to make these events and others like them a reality, we need to raise a new round of funds to fully support a robust education and engagement program. Our film, which tells the personal stories of exceptional women who made history by breaking the brass ceiling, can become an effective vehicle to generate support for today’s servicewomen who face new policy battles that threaten their careers.
So, please consider supporting our film by making a donation (click here) and by connecting us to large organizations that can host film screenings. With your help we can celebrate the struggles and triumphs of patriotic women who want nothing more than to serve their country and protect the homeland.
Joy Bronson served as a Naval Aviator from 1986 to 1993 and is the Director/Producer of THE FIGHT TO FIGHT documentary feature film.
Help Us Spread the Word
The Fight to Fight documentary is at a pivotal stage and needs to show it can reach a big audience to get the film widely distributed. Donations are critical at this point, and so is sharing our website link, blog and social media posts. So please spread the FIGHT TO FIGHT message to friends, family and colleagues who are veterans or people concerned about the future of our military and fair treatment for women. Click here to donate and here to sign up for our blog.
THE FIGHT TO FIGHT Documentary Featured at the Veterans Breakfast Club Storyfest
Key members of THE FIGHT TO FIGHT film team traveled to Santa Monica, California at the end of February to be guest speakers at the first Veterans Breakfast Club Storyfest. The unique three-day event featured a roster of sessions that focused on personal stories of military service that aim to foster connections and narrow the civilian-military divide. In addition to taking part in a panel discussion, THE FIGHT TO FIGHT team showed select clips from the film to inspire discussion and audience reaction. Shown above, from left to right: Hanna Rozzi, West Point graduate; Co-Producer Col. Ellen Haring, PhD (Ret.); Joy Bronson, former Naval Aviator and the film’s Director/Producer, and Wednesday Avedisian, former Infantry Officer.
Graphic Courtesy of Joe Skorupa