Drone

[A] cool-headed, finely constructed documentary on the newest, most controversial method of warfare.
-- Leslie Felperin, Guardian

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Drone

DRONE follows people on both sides of the drone debate. The unique access to drone victims in Waziristan is juxtaposed with drone pilots who struggle to come to terms with the new warfare. The film covers diverse and integral ground from the recruitment of young pilots at gaming conventions and the redefinition of “going to war,” to the moral stance of engineers behind the technology, the world leaders giving the secret “green light” to engage in the biggest targeted killing program in history, and the people willing to stand up against what they see as violations of civil liberties and fight for transparency, accountability and justice.
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, War
Runtime
78
Language
English
Director
Tonje Hessen Schei
FEATURED REVIEW
Daphne Howland, Village Voice

A feature of easy-to-use cameras, then of video games, "point and click" is now also one of the main ways many countries kill their enemies. In her provocative documentary Drone, Tonje Hessen Schei shows how, actually, the U.S. and its military-industrial complex treat war like a video game — to the ...

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