Baghdad ER (2006) (TV)

Directors:

Jon Alpert
Matthew O'Neill

Release Date:

16 November 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Documentary

Awards:

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Jeffrey Beltran	...	Himself
William Berterm	...	Himself
Edward Dunton	...	Himself
James Hill	...	Himself
Chester Keenum	...	Himself
Saidet Lanier	...	Himself
Jeremy Lowe	...	Himself
Bill Macy	...	Himself (as William Macy)
Merritt Pember	...	Himself
David Snyder	...	Himself
Al Weed	...	Himself
Bill Winburn	...	Himself

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Baghdad, Iraq

Company:

HBO Documentary

A glimpse from the trenches

This hour-long film documents the day-to-day activities of a US Armed Forces field hospital in Baghdad, with often very graphic, disturbing images. This unit sees an unending stream of carnage, both injured US service men and women, most of whom are very young, as well as Iraqi civilians; all are swept up in the vicious internecine struggles and the violent resistance to the US-led occupation of Iraq. The film highlights the humanity and dedication of the hardworking doctors and nurses of the unit amid the utter chaos of the occupation and the long-simmering civil war; it brings home the tragic impact of this ill-conceived military adventure on the lives of ordinary individuals.

Perhaps the most moving moment of the documentary are the words of an army chaplain next to the body of a fallen soldier whose life the doctors were unable to save: "We hope that his life and his death will hasten the cause of peace -- and this senseless war and violence will end".