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Drone
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The film is a documentary about the covert CIA drone war, in which soldiers, engineers and victims discuss the ramifications of drone warfare. The documentary also investigates the ways in which world leaders engage in wars, as well as look at the struggle of anti-war and civil rights activists.
The film is a documentary about the covert CIA drone war, in which soldiers, engineers and victims discuss the ramifications of drone warfare. The documentary also investigates the ways in which world leaders engage in wars, as well as look at the struggle of anti-war and civil rights activists.
Actors:
Jay Carney,
Noor Behram,
Clive Stafford Smith,
Lawrence Wilkerson,
Chris Woods,
Shahzad Akbar,
Brandon Bryant,
Zubair Rehman,
Missy Cummings,
James Bamford,
Jesselyn Radack,
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Jay Carney
Noor Behram
Clive Stafford Smith
Lawrence Wilkerson
15 June 1945, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Chris Woods
Shahzad Akbar
Brandon Bryant
Zubair Rehman
Missy Cummings
James Bamford
Jesselyn Radack
Genre:
War, Documentary
Director:
Tonje Hessen Schei
Tonje Hessen Schei
Country:
Norway, Pakistan, United States
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November 18, 2015
Interviewing pilots, developers and victims of drone strikes, the Norwegian filmmaker explores this disturbing new trend in long-distance warfare -- and what it's doing to geopolitics and the rules of engagement.
November 19, 2015
"Drone" is a solid, thought-provoking documentary that raises some pertinent questions even if they may not originate from the most objective of places.
January 14, 2016
It's hard to deny the film's ultimate goal of opening up a public discussion about how we wish to be defended by our governments.
May 28, 2015
An unsettling primer on a new type of warfare that is being developed much more quickly than the legal restrictions to control it.
November 20, 2015
A brilliant dissection of high technology deployed on behalf of barbaric goals.
November 20, 2015
The film ranges far, wide and deep in its exploration of this distinctively 21st-century form of "dehumanized" combat.
November 19, 2015
There are no suggested solutions here to the difficult issues raised, but the film at least reminds us that it's important not to accept this new way of warring without scrutinizing it.
November 19, 2015
The picture that emerges is a disturbing one.
April 09, 2015
It explores the advent of a new kind of war, fought with unmanned, armed drones piloted by young people recruited for their skill at video games.
April 22, 2016
Make no mistake, the questions that Schei poses are important ones, and Drone is a sleekly produced documentary. But a failure to bring any new perspectives on the topic means that what should be required viewing, unfortunately, isn't.
April 12, 2015
The term used by one commentator is "militainment", which is about as ugly - and as chilling - a neologism as you're ever likely to hear.
November 17, 2015
Schei shows how, actually, the U.S. and its military-industrial complex treat war like a video game - to the point where finding gamers adept at video war is a legit recruiting tactic.
