PSA: Bad Voodoo's War
Last night on PBS Frontline they premiered "Bad Voodoo's War," a documentary of the National Guard platoon on deployment in Iraq. Most of these guys were active duty, and have already seen multiple tours to Iraq and/or Afghanistan, and are back to run transport security from Kuwait to points all over Iraq. It is mostly from the POV of platoon sergeant SFC Toby Nunn, who is the platoon leader/counselor/coach/dad all rolled up into one awesome, bald package. Matt from blackfive says, " I'd follow SFC Nunn into hell carrying a gasoline can." OMG, me too. I think I am in love.
You guys. GO WATCH IT ONLINE RIGHT NOW. It's fantastic and real and riveting, and god I wish they had more than an hour.
You guys. GO WATCH IT ONLINE RIGHT NOW. It's fantastic and real and riveting, and god I wish they had more than an hour.
FROM FRONTLINE:
In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves the "Bad Voodoo Platoon" was deployed to Iraq. To capture a vivid, first-person account of the new realities of war in Iraq for FRONTLINE and ITVS director Deborah Scranton (The War Tapes) created a "virtual embed" with the platoon, supplying cameras to the soldiers so they could record and tell the story of their war. The film intimately tracks the veteran soldiers of "Bad Voodoo" through the daily grind of their perilous mission, dodging deadly IEDs, grappling with the political complexities of dealing with Iraqi security forces, and battling their fatigue and their fears.