Outside the Wire: Documentary Series

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Apr 13 2008
GI Film Festival 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008
'Danger Close' has been selected by the GI Film Festival and will be shown at the Carnegie Institution on May 16th.

'Danger Close' is the first part a documentary trilogy I filmed in Iraq in 2007.
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Apr 10 2008
The Slandering of a Hero
Friday, 11 April 2008

"When have we ever taken a hero on the battlefield and put them up on a pedastal that we would put an athlete?" David Bellavia asked.

For expressing that sentiment, Bellavia has bourne the scorn of lesser and 'accurs'd' men. 

I interviewed Bellavia during the Vets for Freedom National Heroes Tour stop in Kansas City at the World War I Museum. 

A Silver Star recipient, Bellavia has been nominated for the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Fallujah in 2004.  Bellavia went into a house full of terrorists.  Bellavia came out alive--the terrorists didn't.

In the stone and glass interior of the WWI museum, it struck me that Bellavia has much in common with WWI's most famous hero--Sgt. Alvin York . 

Both exhibited gallantry on the battlefield, both are religious men, both are involved in the issues of the day.
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Apr 08 2008
Petraeus Testimony: My Video Supplement
Tuesday, 08 April 2008

General David Petraeus will be testifying before Congress today about the effects of the troop surge. 

To give the public and interested parties a more tangible view of the effects of the troop surge, I have condensed one of my documentaries, 'Anbar Awakens ' and placed it on YouTube.  You can watch it below in two parts. 

The first steps of the Anbar Awakening preceded the troop surge by several months, but without the surge it is unlikely it would have held firm and expanded. 

More importantly, the success of the Awakening combined with the troop surge to spread concerned citizens groups and neighborhood watch groups through large swaths of Iraq. 

The condensed version of my documentary will hopefully give a deeper understanding to some parts of General Petraeus' testimony.
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Apr 02 2008
Pro-Victory Documentary: Bombs or Succeeds?
Wednesday, 02 April 2008

Take look to the right... 

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:

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Mar 27 2008
Beating Hollywood
Thursday, 27 March 2008
This blog from Redstate.com brings up some interesting points about the performance of anti-war films .  

People often complain about Hollywood's leftward tilt when it comes to Iraq, but few do anything pro-active about it.

I am trying to do something about it. 

I have nearly died a few times trying to do something about it.  

Hollywood and the entertainment industry is a business focused on the bottom line.  If people want Hollywood to produce a pro-victory film, or a pro-troop television series, they will have to demonstrate that it is economically viable.
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