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<i>Incident in New Baghdad</i>

Incident in New Baghdad

American film

Incident in New Baghdad is a 2011 short documentary film about the July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike, directed by James Spione.

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The film features a first-person account from Ethan McCord, one of the first soldiers to arrive at the scene of the airstrike that killed 12[1][2] to "over 18"[3][4] people and wounded 2 children[5][6] in New Baghdad during the Iraq War.

The film premiered theatrically at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the prize for Best Short Documentary.[7] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 84th Academy Awards.[8] It was the second Kickstarter-funded film to be nominated for an Academy Award.[9]

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    Bumiller, Elisabeth (2010-04-05). "Video Shows U.S. Killing of Reuters Employees". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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    "Iraq war files: Apache Hellfire victims". Channel 4. 2010-10-22. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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    "US soldier on aftermath of WikiLeaks Apache attack". BBC. 2010-10-28. Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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    McCracken, Kristin (28 April 2011). "Awards Announced: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival". Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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    "8 Doc Shorts on Oscar's 2011 Shortlist". Beverly Hills, California: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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    McDermott, John (February 26, 2012). "...And the Winner for Best Crowd-Sourced Funding Is..." Inc.com.


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