DCTV's "Baghdad ER" Documentary Wins Four Emmys

We want to congratulate our colleagues Jon Alpert, Matt O'Neill and Lila Yomtoob, filmmakers here at Downtown Community Television in the firehouse building where Democracy Now's studios are located.

Their film "Baghdad ER" just won four Emmys at the Prime Time Creative Arts awards ceremony on Saturday. The four Emmys are for Directing, Cinematography, Sound Editing and Merit.

"Baghdad ER" aired on HBO in May. The documentary chronicles life in the emergency room of the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad's Green Zone during a two-month period last year. The film caused controversy because of its graphic footage of soldiers suffering from, and in some cases dying, from their war wounds. In the run-up to its premier, the Army surgeon general warned military-personnel it could cause post-traumatic stress disorder, while the Secretary of the Army asked HBO to delete some footage from the final cut.

This is a clip from Baghdad ER. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/baghdader/index.html

* Baghdad ER, clip from Emmy award-winning documentary.

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