Incident in New Baghdad

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
Directed byJames Spione
Music byEmile Menasche
Edited byJames Spione
Distributed bySeventh Art Releasing
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 between 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
  1. Schmitt, Eric (2010-07-25). "In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks 'Transparency'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  2. Bumiller, Elisabeth (2010-04-05). "Video Shows U.S. Killing of Reuters Employees". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  3. Khatchadourian, Raffi (2010-06-07). "No Secrets". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  4. Keller, Bill, Dealing With Assange and the WikiLeaks Secrets, New York Times, adapted from introduction to the book Open Secrets, January 26, 2011
  5. "Iraq war files: Apache Hellfire victims". Channel 4. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  6. "US soldier on aftermath of WikiLeaks Apache attack". BBC. 2010-10-28. Archived from the original on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  7. McCracken, Kristin (28 April 2011). "Awards Announced: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  8. "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.
  9. McDermott, John (February 26, 2012). "...And the Winner for Best Crowd-Sourced Funding Is..." Inc.com.


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