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Severe Clear is a movie made by a LT of the Marine Core, showing real footage of the Iraq war in 2003. First Lieutenant Mike Scotti records the trials the members of the 1st. Battalion, 4th Marines and himself go through as they push forward for Baghdad in the...
Based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Directed by Kristian Fraga (“Anytown, USA”) and featuring a original score by Cliff...
Severe Clear on the Leonard Lopate Show
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By Mike Scotti, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Mike Scotti served as a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, and is a founding board member of Reserve Aid, a military-themed, nonprofit charity. He is the founder of the Military Veterans Club at the NYU...
THE COMPLEX AND CLARITY OR SEVERE CLEAR One could, I suppose, be forgiven for expecting that a documentary on the Iraq war composed entirely of video footage shot by soldiers directly involved in the long, slow roll toward Baghdad would more often than not resemble...
“Armed with a Camcorder, a Marine penetrates the fog of war.” By Jon R. Anderson – Staff writer On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, visibility in the skies over New York City was unlimited — what some pilots call “severe clear.” It’s why the images of that day are so...
The complications of war and the conundrum of media but heads in Severe Clear by Sara Schieron A documentary made from footage taken during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Severe Clear offers a Marine level view of Operation Iraqi Freedom, but its first person account...
Bottom Line: The Iraq War, captured in visceral fashion by one of its combatants. By Frank Schreck Television journalists might have brought the Vietnam War into our living rooms, but it’s the soldiers who are providing the same service these days. “Severe Clear”...
