New details regarding this video have come to my attention, via a number of visitors, as well as a few people serving in Iraq alongside the young marine featured during the latter half of the film.
Now- I will stand by what I said about the first half of the video- we do see that this Iraqi Insurgent is plainly injured, crawling AWAY from the source of fire. (more...)
BOSTON-DAY 1
Well- this trip, in keeping with trips past, began with severe digestion problems, ten minutes outside of NYC. I shan't go into details, but suffice it to say that I'm switching to breakfasts that fewer sharp edges.
The trip took every bit as long as I figured it would, although, much to my pleasant surprise, the train wasn't nearly as crowded as some folks warned me it would be. (more...)
BOSTON-DAY 2
The big event today was the International ANSWER march on the DNC. Before I get into the details, I must say- my respect for Answer went down a few notches, today. The march was dominated by extremist organizations that did little to improve the image of the anti-war movement- in fact- it hurt it. (more...)
BOSTON-DAY 3
I awoke with the sickness and the hunger. Both were alleviated with orange juice and a fruit smoothie (I'm having to live out of a supermarket, for the most part.) I had been up until 5:30 in the morning, the previous night, and was due to do some video shoot at an ACLU event at a cathedral in the heart of Boston at 11:00. (more...)
BOSTON-DAY 4
I awake, take the first decent shower I've had in days, order some more chinese food, and am ready for a BIG day of shooting.
However, much to my chagrin, I find out that in my fatigue, I forgot to hook up my battery, meaning that I only had 30 minutes of machine life, and hence, could only shoot 30 minutes of video- DAMN!
I arrive at the free speech zone, to discover that it's still pretty much the same horrific sewer/public works project it was the day before. (more...)
BOSTON-DAY 5
Today was a day on which I felt it necessary to catch up on lost sleep. I wasn't scheduled to do any shoots for the campaign, until around one PM, so after staying up until around 5 the previous night, I took the liberty of sleeping until noon. (more...)