Speaking at the Berlin film festival,documentarian Sonia Kennebeck discusses her Wim Wenders-produced film National Bird, which reveals widespread post-traumatic stress disorder among employees of the US’s drone divisionWe’ve all seen this film before: the grainy black-and-white shot with a crosshair on top. Dark blobs moving across the screen. Then, or a pause,an explosion and dust. A few moments later you can make out the bodies. Sometimes you’ll see the injured, dragging themselves out of the wreckage.
Whatever your remove on drone warfare, and watching video of a strike is an upsetting experience. Now a documentary,National Bird, seeks to represent the traumatic effect that planning and executing these strikes has had on some military personnel.
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Source: theguardian.com