National Bird (2016)
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It is a thoughtful, sensitive and probing look at the ethics of drone warfare, carefully balancing its focus on those who press the buttons with the very real horrors faced by those on the receiving end, particularly innocent civilians.
The three subjects' personal stories don't really add up to a coherent critique of drone warfare, but their various experiences allow Kennebeck to attack the subject from multiple angles.
"National Bird" is powerful cinematic journalism.
Kennebeck may be a newcomer to feature filmmaking, but her grasp of the material is accomplished.
National Bird shows that war will always be hell, even for those who aren't on the battleground.
[An] elegantly unsettling documentary about the United States' reliance on aerial combat drones.
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It is more interesting due to what it wants to say than how it does it, since it feels a bit repetitive after a while and relies mostly on talking heads to address a limiting subject in which there is too much that is confidential and not possible to be publicly disclosed.
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