Backlight: Invasion of the Drones 2016 Drones are not only getting smarter, they are also getting cheaper every day. So what happens when the airspace has suddenly become accessible to anyone: soldiers, terrorists, hobbyists and delivery services? How will we deal with the fact that we don’t know who is in control of a drone or what the intentions of the flying robot are?
Dirty Wars 2013 Journalist Jeremy Scahill presents a thrilling, globe-trotting exposé of America’s expanding secret wars. Scahill also investigates the assassinations of American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and his son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki,[4] meeting with their family at their home in Yemen. Scahill suggests that the War on Terror is in fact a “self-fulfilling prophecy” and causes the radicalization of Muslims. Wikipedia
Drone 2017 Canadian thriller film starring Sean Bean as an American drone pilot who is confronted by a Pakistani businessman in his hometown. The film, directed by Jason Bourque, premiered at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival in April and was released in theaters in the United States on May 26,
In March 2016, a drone strike in Pakistan kills the intended target but it also results in collateral damage, taking the lives of several innocents who found themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time. One year later, on the anniversary of the drone strike, Imir Shaw finds himself at the home of Neil Wistin, a contract drone operator for the CIA. Wistin and his family, particularly his distant son, are dealing with the loss of Wistin’s father, for whom Wistin is struggling to write a eulogy. While Wistin goes off to pack the rest of his father’s belongings up from a home for the elderly, Wistin’s wife, Ellen, is followed by Shaw. Shaw captures incriminating images of Ellen engaging in an affair with another man. Shortly thereafter, near a park, Shaw himself evades the capture of a trailing man. Wikipedia
Drone 2014 Drone is a 2014 English-language documentary film directed by Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei. The film explores the use of drones in warfare. Drone aired on the TV network Arte on April 15, 2014. The documentary screened at several film festivals throughout 2014, winning several awards. Drone was released in Norway on February 27, 2015. “‘Drone’ depicts the recruitment of young pilots at gaming conventions, explores the changing perceptions of what ‘going to war’ means, as well as the moral stance of engineers behind the technology. The docu also investigates the ways in which world leaders engage in wars, as well as look at the struggle of anti-war and civil rights activists.”[1] Wikipedia
Drones 2014 Two soldiers are tasked with deciding the fate of a terrorist with a single push of a button. With time running out, their window to use a deadly military drone on the target slowly closes. Wikipedia
Drones: Obama’s Dirty War? 2014 This provocative doc explores the controversial usage and evolution of drone strikes during President Barack Obama’s administration.
National Bird 2016 From Executive Producers Wim Wenders and Errol Morris, National Bird follows three U.S. military veteran whistleblowers determined to break the silence on America’s secret drone war. These veterans offer an unprecedented look inside the secret program to reveal the cost of America’s global drone strikes. Wikipedia
Rise of the Drones 1974 Meet a new breed of flying robots, from tiny swarming vehicles to giant unmanned planes.
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