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Video: Carrier on PBS

May-05 » Filed Under: Movies & TV » Posted by: Todd

Carrier is a 10-hour, 10-part documentary that just finished airing on PBS last week. However, all 10 episodes are currently available online. Description from website:

Making the film CARRIER required 17 filmmakers to take a six-month journey aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during its deployment to the Gulf in support of the Iraq War. They disembarked from Coronado, California on May 7, 2005 and returned there November 8, 2005 with stops at Pearl Harbor, Hong Kong, Guam, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain and Perth, Australia.

This is an excellent documentary, and one that I would recommend to anyone interested in military history, or just great film making. The perspective of the officer class is certainly represented, but the director focuses primarily on the enlisted (lower) personnel, which gives the film an authenticity that is extremely compelling. Just about every type of human drama unfolds during the ship's deployment. When the last episode finished I wanted to find out how all of these stories continued to unfold after the homecoming. Even Julie watched part of it and liked it. Oh, and the music selections are top-notch as well.

(4.5/5 stars)


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