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Bearing Witness is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Barbara Kopple released in USA on 1 january 2005

Bearing Witness (2005)

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Released in USA 1 january 2005
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating79% 3.9868553.9868553.9868553.9868553.986855

Bearing Witness is a 2005 television film by Barbara Kopple and Marijana Wotton.

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It follows five women reporters and the challenges they face as they work in Iraq during the Second Gulf War. Molly Bingham is an experienced photographer who was held for several days at Abu Ghraib prison at the start of the war. Marie Colvin was a reporter who lost her eye to a grenade while working in Sri Lanka. Janine di Giovanni has to deal with the difficulties of becoming a mother and still working to fulfill her duties as a journalist. Mary Rogers is a camerawoman who continues to put herself in harm's way in an effort to get the proper footage to cover her stories.

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