Meet the Artists: Amir Bar-Lev on “The Tillman Story” Sundance Film Festival 2010
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my name is a mirror barlowand i directed the tillman story which
will be in the u_s_ documentary doctorspat tillmanmade international headlines blankiedecided in two thousand two to give up
his football careerto immersed in the army rangers he
served two tours of duty one in iraq andone in afghanistan's killed in
afghanistanand initially the army reported that he
died of this heroic way athands of the talibanand later slowly came outyou'd in fact and killed by his own
soldiers family factsand there's a kind of a misperception
out therethe government came cleanafter initially trying to live out of
step that that misperception that's outthere has beencleverly disseminated by the governmentis oneyou know when you think aboutfriendly-fire you thinkuh... on the fourth of july think about
somechaotic ambush where patyou know i haven't accidentally the
killedfind parent bulletduring a confusion of combat and in fact
that's not at all what happenedhis mom is a remarkable onexinbasically single-handedly lead to fight
occursfamily against this massive institutionmyspace governmentthe the militaryblundered in a way because they under
estimatorand a almost arrogantly uh...shift herthe huge crate ofdocuments over three thousand pages of
documents related to past actsbasically thinking that she wouldn't
actually go through them along the wayhats momon when she's going through these
documents and try and find out the truthabout how how stillreached out to different soldierssided with the tomlin'sand were able to kind of help her piece
together the puzzlethe tillman succumbing sundance witness
andand nextreally exciting for us and gratifying
for uswho've spent three yearskind of meannessmarch to their familyand uh...support the filmfeel like the film that's justice to
this timeit's extremely gratifying you know
sentence such a greatthe such great setting for himin your cunt busy at work but it's also
really really great quality time of itsown manson and i'm really uh... looking
forward to itbeing up there with my crew and
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Specialist Patrick Tillman's brother Kevin Tillman gives opening remarks.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Army Private Jessica Lynch gives opening remarks.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Chairman Henry Waxman questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's mother Mary Tillman about the callous response she received from some in response to her persistence in getting the truth about her son's death.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Rep. Danny Davis questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's mother Mary Tillman about what senior military officials knew and when they knew it.
Tillman Military Scholars Richard Garcia, Melissa Stroh, Aaron and Bonnie Contreras. Highlights from the 6th annual Pat's Run held Saturday, April 17, 2010 at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.
Feature and coverage courtesy of Fox Sports Arizona.
Arizona Cardinal football player turned Army Ranger, killed in action during operation Iraqi Freedom. Tyler Griffin Reporting (2004) - www.Mindshift-Media.com
The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Rep. Elijah Cummings questions witnesses.
This video is intended for the sole purpose of my own creativity and does not reflect the opinion of any of the artists or voices used in the video. The song is Mr. President from The Grouch and Eligh. The voices are various newscasters and reporters.
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