War Feels Like War

"[5] For three months, in Iraq, Spanish filmmaker Esteban Uyarra[6][7][8] followed Jacek Czarnecki, Bengt Kristiansen, Jan Kruse, P.J.

As the Coalition of the willing swept into Iraq, some journalists in Kuwait decided to travel in their wake, risking their lives to discover the impact of war on civilians.

After the gunfire stops, a Polish journalist files a radio report that says, "It doesn't look good", adding that a Marine has told him "too many people still have weapons.

The film doesn't present easy or polemical answers: the Americans' danger is real and so is their harsh treatment of the Iraqis.

Anchors seem less reverential than they were in the first "shock and awe" days of the war; this week when Paul D. Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary, testified before Congress about the future of American troops in Iraq, Peter Jennings introduced the report by saying, "Many of the administration's plans are not very clear.

Thank goodness, not just for the unilaterals who told that story with their pictures and words, but also Uyarra for reminding us how much more difficult it is getting for the media to speak that truth.

[17]David Kronke of the Daily News of Los Angeles states: This stunning, gritty yet graceful report decisively puts a lie to Paul Wolfowitz's recent assessment that the media covering the war are gutless.[19]M.

S. Mason of The Christian Science Monitor states: This fascinating documentary follows a few members of the press corps into war zones.