Incident in New Baghdad explained

Incident in New Baghdad
Director:James Spione
Music:Emile Menasche
Editing:James Spione
Distributor:Seventh Art Releasing
Runtime:22 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Incident in New Baghdad is a 2011 short documentary film about the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike, directed by James Spione.

The film features a first-person account from Ethan McCord, one of the first soldiers to arrive at the scene of the airstrike that killed 12[1] [2] to "over 18"[3] [4] people and wounded 2 children[5] [6] in New Baghdad during the Iraq War.

The film premiered theatrically at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the prize for Best Short Documentary.[7] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 84th Academy Awards.[8] It was the second Kickstarter-funded film to be nominated for an Academy Award.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks 'Transparency' . Eric . Schmitt . The New York Times . 2010-07-25 . 2011-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210182456/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/world/26wiki.html?_r=1 . 2010-12-10 . dead .
  2. News: Video Shows U.S. Killing of Reuters Employees . Bumiller . Elisabeth . The New York Times . 2010-04-05 . 2010-04-07.
  3. No Secrets . The New Yorker . Raffi . Khatchadourian . 2010-06-07 . 2010-07-10.
  4. [Bill Keller|Keller, Bill]
  5. News: Iraq war files: Apache Hellfire victims . Channel 4 . 2010-10-22 . 2011-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110212031306/http://www.channel4.com/news/iraq-war-files-the-apache-hellfire-victims . 2011-02-12 . dead .
  6. News: US soldier on aftermath of WikiLeaks Apache attack . BBC . 2010-10-28 . 2011-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110209103443/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9136984.stm . 2011-02-09 . dead .
  7. Web site: McCracken . Kristin . Awards Announced: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival . 14 October 2011 . 28 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121114042739/http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/features/Awards_Announced_2011_Tribeca_Film_Festival.html . November 14, 2012 .
  8. Web site: 8 Doc Shorts on Oscar's 2011 Shortlist. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 14 October 2011. Beverly Hills, California. 13 October 2011.
  9. News: ...And the Winner for Best Crowd-Sourced Funding Is... . John . McDermott . February 26, 2012 . Inc.com.

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