Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness

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Bearing Witness

2005

1h 30m

5.2(2 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Follow five women reporters and the challenges they face as they work in Iraq during the Second Gulf War. Molly Bingham is an experienced photographer who was held for several days at Abu Ghraib prison at the start of the war. Marie Colvin is a reporter who lost her eye to a grenade while working in Sri Lanka. Janine di Giovanni has to deal with the difficulties of becoming a mother and still working to fulfill her duties as a journalist. Mary Rogers is a camerawoman who continues to put herself in harm's way in an effort to get the proper footage to cover her stories.

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May Ying Welsh

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Mary Rogers

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Janine di Giovanni

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Molly Bingham

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Marie Colvin

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