
Films 4 Feminists, National Bird:Drone Wars
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BROAD’s Sonja Hammer chats to film maker Sonia Kennebeck who has made a very intriguing and moving documentary film called National Bird: Drone Wars.
Below documentary film maker Sonia Kennebeck
Described as thus: ‘Sonia Kennebeck’s debut documentary, National Bird, is an artful, investigative look at the myriad impacts of America’s use of drone warfare. Focusing on three former members of the U.S. Air Force’s “unmanned aerial vehicle program,” the film focuses most specifically on the trauma and sense of guilt this work has imprinted on these veterans. But to its great credit, the Tribeca-premiering National Bird expands its scope well beyond these subjects, capturing the pain and mental dislocation experienced by survivors in targeted areas as well as the more insidious effects that the secret use of drones as a foreign policy instrument is having on the American body politic.’
above excerpt from Film Maker Magazine
National Bird: Drone Wars will be playing exclusively at Melbourne’s ACMI from Oct 14-17th 2016.
Sonia also talks about the importance of women being involved in the making of this documentary and have women in front and at the back of such a vital view of the Drone Wars and to report and document the women who have been effected by this technology.
Executive produced by Wim Wenders and Errol Morris, National Bird demands accountability through a direct and difficult question: how will history judge America for these attacks?
—Cara Cusumano
Music in this podcast is by artist musician Insa Rudolph who does the music for the film.
‘From the day I met my first source in rural Pennsylvania to that moment in Kabul where I sat on a wooden bench opposite a maimed man and his son, this project has grown far beyond my expectations. The protagonists have given me intimate access to their stories and lives to educate the public about a weapons program with global implications. I greatly respect their courage and thoughtfulness, but most of all their humanity.’
—Sonia Kennebeck
Many thanks from BROAD to Sonia Kennebeck and ACMI for the opportunity to speak to her about National Bird : Drone Wars.
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