National Bird
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Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of three American military veterans whose lives have been shaken by the roles they played in this controversial method of attack.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2016-10-14
Runtime: 92 mins
Director: Sonia Kennebeck
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: National Bird
Production Companies: Ten Forward Films, ITVS, Independent Lens, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NDR, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film
Production Countries: Germany, United States of America
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