Monday, February 27, 2012

One Marines Journey


Photojournalist Danfung Dennis has captured the brutalities of the war in Afghanistan for The New York Times, Newsweek, The Guardian and The Washington Post. But as the war stretched on, he started to feel that the images were losing their impact.

"After so many years of war," he tells NPR's Neal Conan, "society's become numb to pictures of conflict, and so I felt like I had to move into a new medium to try to shake people from their indifference."

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How does this movie differ from reality TV?

Was this an 'anti-war' movie?

Do you think this movie deserved to win the Oscar for best documentary? Why or why not?

What are the costs of war? What are the rewards? Is it worth it?

What do you think should be done about Afghanistan especially given recent headlines?

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