Incident in New Baghdad is a 2011 short documentary film about the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike, directed by James Spione.
| Incident in New Baghdad | |
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| Directed by | James Spione |
| Edited by | James Spione |
| Music by | Emile Menasche |
| Distributed by | Seventh Art Releasing |
Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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]
References
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- ^ "Iraq war files: Apache Hellfire victims". Channel 4. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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- ^ McCracken, Kristin (28 April 2011). "Awards Announced: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "8 Doc Shorts on Oscar's 2011 Shortlist". Beverly Hills, California: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ McDermott, John (February 26, 2012). "...And the Winner for Best Crowd-Sourced Funding Is..." Inc.com.
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