Bad Voodoo's war / written, produced and directed by Deborah Scranton ; a Clover and a Bee Films production for WGBH/Frontline and the Independent Television Service ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

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"In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves 'The Bad Voodoo Platoon' was deployed to Iraq. To record their war, from private reflections to real-time footage of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks on the ground, FRONT...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Clover And A Bee Films
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Independent Television Service
WGBH Educational Foundation
PBS Home Video
Other Authors: Scranton, Deborah
Bomse, Seth
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2008], ©2008.
Edition:Widescreen format.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
United States. > National Guard Bureau > Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
United States > Military relations > Iraq.
Iraq > Military relations > United States.
Iraq > Politics and government > 2003-
United States. > National Guard Bureau.
Military relations.
Politics and government.
Iraq.
United States.
Since 2003
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Biography.
Personal narratives, American.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
(Frontline website for this episode (including streaming video of the entire program))
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Uniform Title:Frontline (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
"In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves 'The Bad Voodoo Platoon' was deployed to Iraq. To record their war, from private reflections to real-time footage of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks on the ground, FRONTLINE creates a 'virtual embed', supplying cameras to the soldiers and working with them to shape an intimate portrait that reveals the hard grind of their war. The film intimately tracks the veteran soldiers of 'Bad Voodoo' through the daily realities of their perilous mission, grappling with the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and battling their fatigue and their fears"--Container.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions"--Container.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CS9 D0096513 VideoDVD
ISBN:0793694523
9780793694525
Credits:Director of photography, P.H. O'Brien ; editor, Seth Bomse ; original music, Leigh Roberts.
System Details:DVD, region 1; stereo.
Participant or Performer:
With Toby Nunn, Jason Shaw, Jean-Paul Borda, Jonathan Serbelton, Bryan Hamlin, Ben Nievera, Jake Sidwa, Richard Thomson, Ramon Quezada, Jeffrey Meier.
Event Details:
First aired as an episode of the television program Frontline on April 1, 2008.