This is relevant to me because i have family and friends that currently serve or have previously served in my country’s armed forces, and this is a real and current view into what is actually happening over there. It’s also remarkable because the video was shot by a single person using Canon’s new EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR that records high definition video. Which means scenes that used to be reproduced by armies of filmmakers for the movies can now be captured — actually documented — as they happen with cinematic quality and detail never before possible on today’s battlefield.

This preview is a rough cut from the first act of the Frontline documentary Obama’s War.

FRONTLINE: Obama’s War | PBS

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