Baghdad ER
DVD cover for Baghdad ER
Directed by	Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
Produced by	Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill, Joseph Feury, Sara Bernstein, Lee Grant, Roberta Morris Purdee, Sheila Nevins
Distributed by	HBO Home Video
Release date(s)	August 29, 2006
Running time	64 minutes
Language	English
IMDb profile

Baghdad ER is a multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary released by HBO on May 21, 2006. It shows the Iraq war from the perspective of a military hospital in Baghdad and by that, illustrates what war really means. It has some relatively disturbing scenes in it (e.g. amputations), therefore the army is officially warning that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).^{[citation needed]} HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... An Emmy Award. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Baghdad (Arabic ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Partial hand amputation For the song Amputations by Death Cab for Cutie, see You Can Play These Songs with Chords Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma (also referred to as avulsion) or surgery. ... Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a term for the psychological consequences of exposure to or confrontation with stressful experiences, which involve actual or threatened death, serious physical injury or a threat to physical integrity and which the person found highly traumatic. ...

Awards and nominations

Awards

• Emmy Awards:
  • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
  • Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - Single-Camera
  • Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
  • Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Single or Multi-Camera

An Emmy Award. ...

Nominations

• American Cinema Editors Awards:
  • Best Edited Documentary Film

• Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Single-Camera
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming - Single or Multi-Camera

Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. ... An Emmy Award. ...

External links

• HBO schedule
• It can be watched and downloaded here (Information Clearing House)