Battlefield Tech: GIs Shoot Footage for New War Doc
The most harrowing Iraq footage yet may be in The War Tapes, which shows the lives of soldiers on the ground. It premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Image source: Wired News / SenArt Films
Image source: Wired News / SenArt Films
Jason Silverman writes on Wired News:
The best war journalism puts its audience in close proximity to combat. It's hard to imagine getting closer than The War Tapes does.More here.
Shot by soldiers on consumer-grade digital video cameras, the documentary offers an immersive, sobering and often shocking slice of life (and death) in Iraq. It premieres this week at the Tribeca Film Festival and opens in select cities this summer.
Director Deborah Scranton described War Tapes as the result of a "virtual embed." She gave cameras to 10 Iraq-bound soldiers, and then used e-mail and instant messaging to provide them with advice on technique and technical issues.
By the end of their yearlong tour of duty, the soldiers, all from New Hampshire's National Guard, had sent Scranton 800 hours of what she considered thoughtful, often beautifully shot, footage.
posted by Fergie @ 4/28/2006 06:21:00 AM
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