Finding Harding:
Lost at Shore
Sometimes leaving the military means
losing yourself.
A U.S. Navy Veteran filmmaker searches for a former shipmate who disappeared from contact after leaving Active Duty — and confronts the deeper disappearance many Veterans face after service: the loss of identity, purpose, structure, and belonging.
The search for Harding becomes
a larger reckoning.
Tyler Harding was my shipmate.
We knew each other inside the structured world of the Navy, where identity was issued, reinforced, and understood. After Active Duty, Harding disappeared from contact.
The film begins with the search for him. It becomes a search for what happens to Veterans after the structure is gone.
What happens when
the mission ends?
The military gives you a role, a rank, a mission, a tribe,
and a reason to keep moving.
Command tells you where you belong.
Then one day, you get out.
For some Veterans, leaving service
does not feel like freedom.
It feels like disappearance.
Watch the Trailer
The trailer introduces the search for Harding and the larger story of Veterans facing identity loss, isolation, and reintegration after service.
Help fund immediate
Production Support.
We are raising $35,000 in immediate production support for Finding Harding: Lost at Shore.
This support funds practical, visible work that strengthens the project now:
A stronger sample scene
Trailer polish
Story producing
Participant outreach
Research and interview planning
Grant & funder materials
Travel & logistics
Fiscal sponsorship & admin
Production planning
This is not completion funding.
It is momentum funding.
About the filmmaker
Andrew B Church is a U.S. Navy Veteran and filmmaker.
He served with Harding and is making Finding Harding: Lost at Shore as both a personal search and a larger story about what Veterans can lose after service.