Severe Clear

This article is about the documentary. For the album by Andy LaVerne, see Severe Clear (album).

2009 American film

Severe Clear

Film poster

Directed by| Kristian Fraga
Written by| Kristian Fraga
Produced by| Benjamin Charbit
Kristian Fraga
Shari Hamrick
Marc Perez
John L. Sikes
Sehban Zaidi
Starring| Mike Scotti
Edited by| Kristian Fraga
Music by| Cliff Martinez

Production
company

Sirk Productions

Distributed by| G2 Pictures

Release dates

* March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16) (SXSW)
* March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (United States)

Running time

| 93 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Severe Clear is a 2009 documentary film directed by American documentary maker Kristian Fraga, starring and using footage shot by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti of United States Marine Corps Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 4th Marines. The film explores the Marine drive to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

## Filming

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A small clip depicting artillery fire in 2003

The footage was shot as Mike Scotti fought on the front lines of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, he recorded what he saw on his personal mini-DV camera.[1] The film was released at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

## See also

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* Armadillo, a 2010 Danish documentary about Danish troops stationed at "Armadillo"forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
* Restrepo, a 2010 American documentary about troops in Afghanistan

## References

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1. ^ Baird, Julia (March 26, 2010). "The Moral Weight of War". Newsweek. Retrieved January 10, 2011.

## External links

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* Official website
* Severe Clear at IMDb
* Severe Clear at Rotten Tomatoes

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