Fires of Kuwait (1992)

Directed by

David Douglas

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

36 min

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows the dangerous work of firefighters from around the world as they battle oil well fires in Kuwait after the Gulf War. It highlights the scale of the disaster and the extreme techniques used to stop the burning.

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What happens

Fires of Kuwait is a 1992 American documentary film on the Kuwaiti oil fires directed by David Douglas. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was the winner of the 2005 Hall of Fame Award from Giant Screen Cinema Association. The documentary focuses on the international effort to extinguish Kuwait's burning oilfields in the aftermath of the Gulf War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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