---
title: "This cool short film about SERE school may earn the Air Force an Emmy"
date: "2018-03-31"
modified: "2020-10-21"
authors:
  - name: "Emma Liem"
    link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/emma.md"
url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/intel/air-force-emmy-perfect-edge/"
categories:
  - "Air Force"
  - "Entertainment"
  - "History"
  - "Movies and TV"
---

# This cool short film about SERE school may earn the Air Force an Emmy

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17288516/origin.jpg>)

A new short film created by the U.S. Air Force has been nominated for an Emmy Award.

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Produced by Airman Magazine, the two-minute video captures the harrowing challenges airmen face during SERE training. "The Perfect Edge" compares the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape program that airmen undergo to the process of forging a survival knife, and the parallel is visually striking.

It features real footage of participants engaging in the intense wilderness survival and physical training exercises at SERE, along with narration by Senior Airman Joseph Collett, an instructor at the school.

**Check it out:**

https://vimeo.com/airmanmag/sere

([h/t Task Purpose](<https://taskandpurpose.com/watch-the-short-film-about-sere-school-that-has-the-air-force-nominated-for-an-emmy/>))

### NOW: [SERE School is about more than just being tortured](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/sere-school-just-tortured.md>)

## Author
Emma Liem is an undergraduate student studying English and journalism at Lee University and currently serves as the managing editor of the Lee Clarion.

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