Severe Clear

A critically acclaimed, powerful and emotionally charged new film takes "embedded" to an entirely new level like no documentary on war before. An unrelenting account of frontline battle by U.S. Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Severe Clear is a uniquely intimate, extreme, often horrific portrait of war.
The story of 1st Lt. Mike Scotti - who filmed with a mini-cam, sharing his thoughts through entries in a battlefield journal - this gritty film is like no other. Capturing the chaos and complexity of war, SEVERE CLEAR personifies the fear, turmoil, moral conundrum, heart-pounding reality and sheer adrenaline rush of combat.
Follow Scotti, a combat veteran from the war in Afghanistan, and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, as they are deployed after 9/11 for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Through their eyes - as they engage Taliban forces - we witness the raw sounds of war during a harrowing 300-mile charge to Baghdad, where resistance to their presence escalates.
As patriotism and youthful enthusiasm are paled by the brutal horrors of war ... each of them is forced to cope with life in the trenches. (Verleiher-Text)