From the director of Uber Goober
Year at Danger
For operations in Iraq, the National Guard mobilized teachers, bankers, mechanics…and one filmmaker.
- Grand Jury AwarddeadCenter Film Festival2008
- Official SelectionGI Film Festival2008
- Official SelectionAustin Film Festival2007
The trailer
An extraordinary achievement. Truly remarkable. A thoroughly unvarnished account of a soldier's life in Iraq. This may very well be the best documentary of the year.
Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat
The film
Nine days after getting married, Steve Metze found out he was being deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Metze, a West Point graduate, Desert Storm veteran, and documentary filmmaker, decided to pack a camera and document his year in Iraq. Metze gets closer to his subjects than even the most embedded reporter, and is able to use his eye for filmmaking to bring back more than simple home movies. The resulting film is an…