Stand Down Soldier est un drame social qui explore les difficultés de réintégration dans la vie civile des soldats qui se sont battus en Irak et Afghanistan d’après la perspective d’une femme afro-américaine. La réalisatrice a décidé de raconter cette histoire pour témoigner des expériences des membres de sa famille.

This fiction film explores some of the issues many returning soldiers confront in their civil life including mental health issues, loneliness, and drug addiction. Based on the filmmakers’ family experience this drama tells the story of Sergeant Stacy Armstrong who returns home from three deployments suffering with Paustromatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Soon after her return, she and her husband realise their 20-year marriage is about to be another casualty of war.