Baghdad ER (2006)

Directed by

Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows doctors and medics as they treat wounded soldiers inside a military hospital in Baghdad during the Iraq War. It shows the chaos of the emergency room and the price of war on the human body.

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What happens

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). After being given a Peabody Award, the show was featured in the April 13, 2007 broadcast of NPR's Fresh Air. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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