Baghdad E.R.

Graphic, forthright examination of two months at the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, where medical personnel describe their daily duties while treating a wide range of casualties and dealing with the loss of life. Also included is footage of rescue missions outside the Green Zone. Directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill., Emmy Award-winning film Baghdad ER documents the day-to-day activities of a US Armed Forces field hospital in Baghdad, with often very graphic, disturbing imagery. This unit sees an unending stream of carnage – both injured US service men and women, most of whom are very young – as well as Iraqi civilians. All are swept up in the vicious internal struggles and the violent resistance to the US-led occupation of Iraq. This film highlights the humanity and dedication of the hard-working doctors and nurses of the unit amid the utter chaos of the occupation and the long-simmering civil war; it brings home the tragic impact of this heavily criticised military operation on the lives of ordinary individuals., The harsh realities of war are brought into focus in this documentary fromHBO. Acclaimed filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill offer an uncensored look at life inside the 86th Combat Support Hospital during the second U.S. war in Iraq, presenting tense moments in the operating room as well as intimate interviews with both doctors and soldiers. Designed as a testament to the thankless job done by the military’s medical staff, Baghdad ER went on to win four Emmy awards.