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BattleGround - 21 Days on the Empire's Edge
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381297720
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Homevision
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Unknown
Manufacturer: Homevision
MPN: D2977D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 10, 2006
Running Time: 82 minutes
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:
In late 2003, two filmmakers from the Sundance award-winning Guerrilla News Network spent three weeks on the frontlines of the simmering guerrilla war in Iraq, gathering intelligence, dodging bullets, and capturing the untold stories of what has become the world's most covered, and misunderstood, conflict.
BattleGround is an intensely emotional journey that challenges the orthodoxies of Left and Right, capturing the humanity that exists behind the headline-grabbing images of carnage and sectarian strife. Calling it a "movingly human and many-sided portrait of the war," the New York Times Magazine singled out BattleGround from other Iraq war documentaries as "more the exception than the rule." It a critical film for anyone who wants to understand the powerful forces that are sucking America deeper and deeper into a Middle Eastern quagmire.
BattleGround won the Silver Hugo Award for documentaries at the 2004 Chicago International Film Festival. It aired on Showtime American in the Spring of 2005.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - great documentary on the Iraqi war
*Battleground* is one of the few documentaries worth watching in regards to the Iraqi war. Not only is it informative but it's emotional as well.
2 filmmakers from the Guerrilla News Network (GNN) spend 3 weeks in Iraq to get a closer look in Iraq as well as its people. Rana al Aiouby is an opinionated woman who feels that Americans are shoving their culture down the throats of Iraqis. The Iraqi man that she is discussing this particular view doesn't necessarily agree with her. ... Read More
Rating: - THE REAL THING
Battleground is not only great filmmaking, it gets you closer than anything i've seen yet on that so-called war. If you really what to know what's going on in Iraq from the words of the people, get under the skin of the place and begin to FEEL something about it, this is a must-see doc.
Rating:  - Day to day in Iraq
If you are new to the 'real' Iraq situation this DVD will be very informative. For those who are 'up to date' on issues like the Bush Administration cutting deals with Iraqi paramilitaries to help stabalise the export of oil - this DVD is old news.
Rating:  - Good Film!
This film gives good insight on the feelings of the Iraqi nationals about the war there and the American soldiers that are there.
Rating: - Finding Context in Chaos
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was hailed as the most openly accessible war in history. While embedded journalists traveled with U.S. and British troops on the back of Humvees into battle zones, news audiences received on the ground info in real time. The images and information captured by war journos was remarkable in their proximity to conflict but the context of the information was directly framed by what the Pentagon allowed journalists to cover. You either played by the rules and got access or you ... Read More
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