Where Soldiers Come From is a documentary that follows a group of friends from Upper Peninsula Michigan who join the National Guard. The movie finds ample opportunity to address similar disillusionment with the state of contemporary American politics and the debt of human suffering ideological policies levy on the average American citizen. But the beautifully shot, melodic documentary is not a political advocacy piece. Rather, it carefully and artfully captures the impact of deployment on the lives of soldiers, their families, friends, and towns. If it were shown alongside 2010′s Restrepo, the two movies could comprise a non-fiction version of The Deer Hunter.