Name: An Iraq war movie crowd-sourced from soldiers
Uploaded: 2007-09-13T07:00:00Z
Duration: 17 min 23 s
Description: Filmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq.

Filmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq.

An Iraq war movie crowd-sourced from soldiers

Handing cameras to soldiers in Iraq exposed raw, unfiltered moments of combat and vulnerability that mainstream media often misses. A single day’s events—captured in real time—showed the chaos of a car bomb, the anguish after civilian deaths, and the struggle to process trauma. Over 3,200 emails and messages between filmmaker and troops built trust that allowed these stories to surface. Honest, difficult conversations bridge the divide between battlefield reality and civilians’ understanding.

War Through Soldiers’ Eyes Reveals Hidden Truths And Human Costs

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