Bad Voodoo’s War

Published April 4, 2008 2:45pm ET



In case you missed it, PBS has been airing a superb, grunt-level documentary on the War in Iraq called Bad Voodoo’s War. Director Deborah Scranton, employing her revolutionary “virtual embedding” process made famous by The War Tapes, masterfully weaves an inside-out story of the “Bad Voodoo” platoon (great name, no?) sent to Iraq as part of the surge. Here’s the trailer:



Aside: don’t confuse soldiers exercising their most treasured right (to gripe) with political messaging. Though some of the quotes in the trailer might give the impression that BVW is just another anti-war film, it isn’t. PBS will be airing the doc for the rest of the week, but if you miss it or don’t have TiVo, you can watch online here.

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