The Documentary Channel Presents Two Perspectives on the Iraq War
Aug 14 2008
The Documentary Channel will offer two documentaries about the Iraq war featuring unique and controversial Iraqi and American viewpoints of the conflict during the network’s “Primetime Premieres” Monday, August 18.
The special programming event begins with the exclusive U.S. television premiere of “The Price for Paradise” at 8 p.m. ET/PT, which reveals candid interviews by Iraqi citizens and refugees about the war in their homeland. The event also features “My War, My Story” at 9 p.m. ET/PT, which follows several U.S. war veterans who have returned home with mixed emotions after serving in Iraq.??
“The Iraq war is fraught with controversies from many directions, and it is important to offer our viewers films that document more in-depth viewpoints than those typically presented in the network news cycle,” says Tom Neff, Documentary Channel founder and CEO. “We hope that by presenting two under-publicized perspectives of Iraqis and U.S. service men, it will help build a greater understanding of this current conflict in Iraq and its residual effects.”
In “The Price for Paradise,” filmmaker Jeffrey Kramer travels to the Middle East to initially document the training and graduation of the largest class of Iraqi Police Cadets. Once he arrives, he shifts focus as he encounters a number of Iraqi refugees, professional athletes and police cadets, who offer moving accounts of their daily struggles to survive in a war-torn country. “The Price for Paradise” follows the personal experiences of Iraqi individuals and families as they cope with war on their native soil and rebuild their lives under horrific circumstances.
“My War, My Story” focuses on 18 U.S. veterans, both men and women, who share their personal experiences about the war in Iraq, the difficulties they’ve had to adjust to since returning home and the moral conflicts they felt while serving their country. Writer and director Andy Blood discovers that while many of these veterans remain loyal to their military service, they stand in opposition to the war.
The Documentary Channel is available on DISH Network (channel 197), and several broadcast stations in major markets including NYC TV (channel 25) throughout the greater New York metropolitan area.
