Kyle King ’12 FILMMAKER
Clockwise from top: King at an Ecuadorian orphanage at the start of his two-year stint in the Peace Corps; King filming Fatigued on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan; King enjoying a moment at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I.
26 QUADANGLES FALL 2013
Not many people would be motivated to film a documentary between 12-hour shifts in the hot sun of Afghanistan. But that’s exactly what recent film studies graduate Kyle King ’12 did while he was stationed there for the third time as a member of the U.S. Air Force. The result, the documentary Fatigued, provides a rare glimpse for civilians of what it is like to be deployed at the biggest airbase in Afghanistan. “The film shows a realistic and lighter side of the war for the troops deployed serving in non-combat roles,” says King. Fatigued premiered at the Columbus Theatre in Providence in May 2013. A month later, King left for Ecuador on a two-year commitment to the Peace Corps. He is posted in the city of Atacames, on the northwest coast an hour and a half from the border of Colombia. And no surprise, he is already filming his next documentary. “The greatest films leave viewers feeling that they have gone through new experiences,” King remarks. “My intention is to achieve the same with my audiences. Film may be the closest we can come to living more than once.” • kylekingfilms.com PHOTOS: HANNAH MOORE; GENE ROSARTI; NATHAN FRANEY