Background Check

Documentaries were the bread and butter of many film festivals this year. Standard Operating Procedure, the newest installment from director Errol Morris, is a film about Abu Ghraib and the scandal that surrounded the photo leaks. It’ s scheduled to hit theaters soon and in preparation for it’s release, here are a few informational and critical responses. Film Comment reviewed Standard Operating Procedure and makes some great connections between Saw, Hostel and how we watch violence on the big screen in America. The New Yorker’s feature in it’s March 24th edition, Exposure - The woman behind the camera at Abu Ghraib, was co-written by Errol Morris and it sets up some great questions to approach the film with. More and more people will be talking about this movie; for it’s cinematic attributes as well as it’s topical subject matter. Be prepared.

Standard Operating Procedure
Film Comment
The New Yorker