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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

Summary Only two journalists were killed in World War I. Sixty-three journalists were killed in World War II. In the last two decades almost a journalist a week has been killed, with the dead numbering in the thousands. The conclusions are obvious. Journalism in times of war has become an increasingly lethal endeavor - and extremely traumat...

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 30 m

Under Fire: Journalists in Combat

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Only two journalists were killed in World War I. Sixty-three journalists were killed in World War II. In the last two decades almost a journalist a week has been killed, with the dead numbering in the thousands. The conclusions are obvious. Journalism in times of war has become an increasingly lethal endeavor - and extremely traumat...

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Feb 11, 2012
The sometimes agonizingly powerful documentary Under Fire: Journalists in Combat is built around some staggering statistics: Only two journalists were killed in World War I. Sixty-three lost their lives in World War II. And in the past two decades, almost one journalist per week has been killed.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 11, 2012
Fascinating and often devastating.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 11, 2012
Viewers unconvinced by the "war is a drug" doctrine set forth by Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" will find it amply corroborated by the self-admitted adrenaline junkies here, whose collective war-reporting experience spans an astounding number of overseas conflicts from Sarajevo and Chechnya to El Salvador and Libya.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 11, 2012
Martyn Burke's documentary hauntingly dissects the rise of media mortality in the war zone and the mental disorders that follow.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 11, 2012
Well made, and for once the talking-heads format is satisfying.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 11, 2012
Important and gripping.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 11, 2012
This is one of the super rare docs that packs an unbelievable punch despite its misguided aesthetics. It's a strange triumph of content over form, which is the province of journalists to report.
By Sara Maria Vizcarrondo FULL REVIEW

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Production Company JUF Pictures
Release Date Nov 5, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The psychological cost of covering war.
Website http://www.underfirejournalistsincombat.webs.com/
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