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By MARK WALKER Despite serving in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, former Camp Pendleton Marine Mike Scotti says the defining moment in his military career happened two years later in Iraq when he encountered a field full of corpses. “I became a veteran at the moment...
By Sarah Phelan Salem Film Fest was the last stop in the film festival circuit for “Severe Clear,” a documentary that chronicles 2003’s Operation Iraqi Freedom through the eyes of a Marine, before its official theatrical release in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and...
Right before U.S. Marine First Lt. Mike Scotti left for Iraq in March 2003 as part of the first wave of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he bought a video camera. “I bought it right before I left San Diego,” says Scotti, a Colts Neck resident. “I think it was a Canon. I told...
by Andy Lauer Stories of starvation, persecution, escape from the world’s worst human rights violator, and a surprising inside look at an iconic cult are among the topics on display in this year’s selection of films at the upcoming DocuWeeks showcase in NYC and LA....
SEVERE CLEAR’S KRISTIAN FRAGA AND MIKE SCOTTI By Alicia Van Couvering Severe Clear premiered at SXSW this week, five years to the day after the US invasion of Baghdad. Back then, Kristian Fraga was just one of millions, watching events unfold on cable news. First...
