'Danger Close', the documentary that grew from my filming of a fire-fight between U.S. Army Paratroopers and Al Qaida is having its film festival debut this Friday in Washington, D.C. 

The GI Film Festival, at the Carnegie Institute, will screen 'Danger Close' at 3:30pm Friday . 

David and I will be there to take part in a discussion after the screening. 

Be warned, 'Danger Close' is not for the faint of heart.  It is real live combat that I filmed--the bullets, blood and bad guys are all real.

I will be a guest on the Dennis Miller radio show Monday morning during the second half of the second hour.

You can find your local station here .

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That is where we are in the chase to beat the anti-war movie 'Redacted' in six weeks.  We started out last week at around 9%. 

We are 32% 35% of the way to beating 'Home of the Brave'.

And today I saw that Phil Donahue has produced a documentary--the documentary version of 'Home of the Brave.' 

'Home of the Brave' being the threatrical version of the documentary 'Ground Truth'.

Are you noticing a pattern here?  A pattern that says a Soldier or Marine is only worth filming after their deployment. 

The director of 'Ground Truth' had this to say about her movie:

March 26th 2007, OP Omar, Iraq-- At about 11:00 am I was standing in a fighting tower recording video and talking to the paratroopers manning their post, when one uttered a memorable line:

"Hopefully they'll grow some balls and just bound on us and try to overrun us," the paratrooper said,  "but they don't want to die that quickly."

I moved on to the rest of the towers, finishing up at the one manned by Specialist Jason Stegall.

Two hours later a Suicide truck bomb rumbled toward Stegall.

To remember that day, and ensure the story of Blackfoot Company is told, I am slashing the price of the Danger Close DVD.

Today (Extended dure to popular demand!) only the 'Danger Close' single disc will sell for $10.

The advance in technology has allowed me to make documentaries about Iraq that would have been impossible 15 years ago. 

In the late 80's VHS finally beat Beta, but the revenge of Beta is that it became the broadcast industry standard for more than a decade.  VHS being a consumer product, Beta being used by professionals to make commercials and television news. 

In television news I have seen a long line of formats.

One year ago today, I took a back pack and two boxes full of spare TV gear to Iraq.

I had no idea what I would see, only where I would I go--Baghdad, Al Anbar province, Kharmah.

What I saw through the camera lens is what you will see on the three DVD episodes .

My documentaries about Iraq are unlike the approach of most documentary projects.  Most documentary films are written before the first frame of footage is shot.  They are scripted, planned and even rehearsed.  Many of them, ala Michael Moore, star the director as the director begins with a premise and goes about proving it.