OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND Screening, Q&A
Please join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary film
OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND
Friday, April 28, 7 pm
Q & A with Director Ian Olds following the screening
Parsons Auditorium, 66 5th Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets
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OCUPATION: DREAMLAND is an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A collective study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squads activities Occupation: Dreamland provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the city's waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in the spring of 2004 that effectively destroyed it.
Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Armys 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.
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Part of the Department of Media Studies and Film
Hirshon Film Festival 2006: THE WAR FILM
WINNER: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
OCCUPATION: DREAMLAND
Friday, April 28, 7 pm
Q & A with Director Ian Olds following the screening
Parsons Auditorium, 66 5th Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets
_____________________________________________________________
OCUPATION: DREAMLAND is an unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraq city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A collective study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squads activities Occupation: Dreamland provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the city's waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in the spring of 2004 that effectively destroyed it.
Filmmakers Garrett Scott and Ian Olds were given access to all operations of the Armys 82nd Airborne. They lived with the unit 24/7, giving voice to soldiers held under a strict code of authority as they cope with an ambiguous, often lethal environment. The result is a revealing, sometimes surprising look at Army life, operations and the complexity of American war in the 21st century.
_____________________________________________________________
Part of the Department of Media Studies and Film
Hirshon Film Festival 2006: THE WAR FILM
WINNER: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
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