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March 12, 2008
Outside the Wire: Documentary Series
Former Marine and television news producer JD Johannes traveled to Iraq in 2005 with his old Marine Corps unit to produce syndicated TV news reports for local stations.
From those reports comes a view of the war that only the grunts who operate outside the wire experience.
From a dust-up with Al Qaida outside Abu Ghriab, to a night raid on the home of an insurgent leader, you will see what the Marines saw and hear the story in their own words of why they joined, volunteered for the deployment, why they fight and what it is like to go outside the wire and into combat.
Extended trailer for 3 upcoming documentaries on the Iraq War. JD Johannes travels outside the wire as an embed with the US Military."The DVD…which is actually a Double Disc documentary trilogy is so close to be released it is maddening. (Individual episodes will also be sold on DVD.)
The three episodes, with all the special features, will give you 190 minutes of Iraq as only those who operate outside the wire get to see it.
There are more documentaries in the Outside the Wire Series to come."
From the website
About the Documentary Series:
The 'Outside the Wire' series of four documentaries about Iraq started when JD Johannes went to Iraq with his old Marine Corps unit in 2005 to produce syndicated television news reports.
Johannes returned to Iraq in 2007 to see 'The Surge' and the 'Anbar Awakening' first hand.
The 2005 trip resulted in the the release of the original 'Outside the Wire: Call Sign Vengeance' which follows one Marine infantry platoon through their deployment to the Fallujah area in 2005.
The 2007 trip resulted in three documentaries: 'Danger Close', 'Anbar Awakens' and 'Baghdad Surge'.
'Danger Close' is an up-close, in-depth look at a complex attack by Al Qaida on small, distant U.S. Army outpost on the edge of the Euphrates river valley. JD Johannes was the only reporter to witness the attack and followed the US Army paratroopers into combat--nearly getting himself killed.
'Anbar Awkens' shows the greatest turn-around of the Iraq War--the tribes of Al Anbar province joining with the coalition to fight Al Qaida--from the perspective of the Jumayli tribe. The Jumayli tribe--with no prompting from the Coalition--turned on Al Qaida and engaged in a serious gun-battle with Al Qaida before formally joining with the coalition.
'Baghdad Surge' is a look at the surge from asphalt level. This episode follows a U.S. Army infantry Captain through a 'day-of-the-surge' and the modern three-block-war.
The interviews with Soldiers and Marines were conducted at the Combat Outposts they lived and worked at by JD Johannes.
With the exception of digital animations and brief clips of insurgent video--everything was shot by JD Johannes.
Nothing was staged, recreated or rehearsed. The bullets, bombs, blood and bad guys are all real.
Wild Thing's comment........
I missed the show I didn't know about it ahead of time or I would have posted about it for all of you to know as well. I just went to their site though and signed up for their newsletter and to be able to get the DVD when it is released.
Posted by Wild Thing at March 12, 2008 12:47 AM
Comments
I am looking forward to seeing this. I had heard about it then forgot. If the three newer documentaries are like the first one it will be very informative.
Posted by: TomR at March 12, 2008 09:25 AM
Thank you WT.
I'm looking forward to both this documentary and the one Pat Dollard is making.
As for the non believers, they'll still be in denial as their lopped off heads roll to the ground. R.O.P. my arse!!!
Posted by: Jack at March 12, 2008 01:43 PM
Tom, thank you I am glad you got to see the first one.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 13, 2008 12:13 AM
Jack me too, I look forward to seeing both.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 13, 2008 12:15 AM
