• Font Size    

Popular Slideshows On CBS11TV.COM

Recent Celebrity Deaths
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

New America Ferrera Flick Looks At Effects Of War

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
May 16, 2009 10:38 am US/Central

New America Ferrera Flick Looks At Effects Of War

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera is hoping her new film will inspire Americans to address the struggles soldiers face after they come home from Iraq or Afghanistan.

The 25-year-old is starring and producing "The Dry Land," which follows a young man's difficulties readapting to small town life following a tour of duty.

Ferrera says the United States "should have an honest discussion about the effects that war has on our society, on the men who come back, on the families that are broken from it."

She said Friday in a phone interview she hopes the film ignites such discussion.

Ryan O'Nan and Melisa Leo also star in the movie, which was written and directed by Ferrera's beau, Ryan Piers Williams.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

In Case You Missed It ...

© MMIX, CBS Stations Group of Texas L.P. All Rights Reserved.