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Outside The Wire DVDs available

By Michelle Malkin • March 24, 2008 09:04 PM

Milblogger/documentarian J.D. Johannes and producer David Chavarria have produced new DVDs in their excellent Outside The Wire series on the war in Iraq.

J.D. writes:

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.

My documentaries are the exact opposite. I do not pretend I can script the war in iraq, I have no desire to star in anything. If there is a premise I set out to prove, it is that the war in Iraq is large, complex and best understood by watching it at the lowest unit levels where the grand strategies are distilled into micro-tactics.

The ‘Danger Close ‘ episode shows the folly of trying to script and plan a documentary about the Iraq war–the enemy is not always cooperative.

What you will see in the three documentaries is the Iraq war as I experienced it in the Spring and early Summer of 2007.

It is the war close up, in person and very, very real. Noting was staged, rehearsed or recreated. All the bullets, bombs and bad-guys are real.

In a month or two, I hope to go back to Iraq, to follow-up in the places I visited in 2007. In the Kharmah region of Iraq, my observations go back to 2005 .

What I will see, I have no idea. If I can continue to dodge bullets and bombs, I have no idea. But the story must be told. You can help me tell the story of brave men engaged in a relentless struggle by purchasing a DVD .

If you are tired of the story of daily car bombing and want to see what the war looks like at 5 feet, 11 inches off the ground, in Baghdad , al Anbar and Kharmah –buy the DVD .

Here’s the extended trailer:

Save yourselves time browsing at Hollyweird-dominated Blockbuster for something to watch. This is fabulous work and deserves your support.

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#271928

On March 24th, 2008 at 10:10 pm, zorro said:

I’ll be ordering. Thanks Michelle.
#271929

On March 24th, 2008 at 10:12 pm, BrianNY said:

Hey this documentary looks really good. And I learned a new term today.

Danger Close: in artillery and naval gunfire support, information in a call for fire to indicate that friendly forces are within 600 meters of the target.

I had family in the 1st Infantry Division in WW II, and was always told that the Division’s motto was “Danger Forward,” coined from a sign, hastily erected on Normandy Beach the day of the invasion.
#271936

On March 24th, 2008 at 10:23 pm, BrianNY said:

…and I love that US paratrooper’s quote:

“Hopefully they’ll grow some balls and just bound on us and try to overrun us, but they don’t want to die that quickly.”

I wonder how many democrats, who claim that US forces are damaged and “stretched thin,” know that when the opposition comes out and pops their head up, they’re dead.
#272065

On March 25th, 2008 at 8:15 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

I own one of the previous Outside the Wire DVDs. I’ll be sure to purchase the new ones as well.

“Hopefully they’ll grow some balls and just bound on us and try to overrun us, but they don’t want to die that quickly.”

BrianNY, that’s a superb quote. The US Armed Forces kick a–!
#331285

On May 23rd, 2008 at 10:36 am, simcoe said:

As a veteran of another war in another lifetime forgive me for not wanting to watch this one unfold over and over again on a small screen in front of me. What does bother me, and should bother everyone else as well is the protraction of Iraq. I’ll illustrate it this way:

We’ve recently been told about Sen. Kennedy’s cancer. What if he told the Dr.’s to remove only a small portion and leave the rest for later. He says, “I think I’ll take a little at a time and go back for more later. And, ho, if you find anything that looks like a healthy cell mixed in with the cancerous mass I want you to take your time, cut around it and leave alone.” How do you suppose the Dr.’s would react? How do you suppose his body would react? Financially, do you think the insurance companies would have anything to say about it? What about his friends, family, constituents, what would they think of such an idea? Just a thought.

Can somebody pass the ketchup please?