Baghdad ER

Baghdad ER
DVD cover for Baghdad ER
Directed by	Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
Produced by	Jon Alpert, Joseph Feury and Matthew O'Neill
Distributed by	HBO Home Video
Release dates	August 29, 2006
Running time	64 minutes
Language	English

Baghdad ER is a documentary released by HBO on May 21, 2006. It shows the Iraq war from the perspective of a military hospital in Baghdad. It has some relatively disturbing scenes in it (e.g. amputations), therefore the U.S. Army is officially warning that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).^[1][2]

After being given a Peabody Award, the show was featured in the April 13, 2007 broadcast of NPR's Fresh Air.

Awards and nominations

Awards

• Emmy Awards:
  • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
  • Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - Single-Camera
  • Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
  • Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Single or Multi-Camera ^[3]
• Peabody Award
  • 2006^[4]

Nominations

• American Cinema Editors Awards:
  • Best Edited Documentary Film
• Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Single-Camera
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming - Single or Multi-Camera

References

1. Documenting Life and Death in 'Baghdad ER' : NPR
2. Democracy Now! | Baghdad ER: Documentary On US Military Hospital in Iraq Gets Cold Reception From Army
3. Documentary Films
4. 66th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2007.

External links

• HBO schedule
• It can be watched and downloaded here (Information Clearing House)
• Baghdad ER At the IMDB