About the Film

“Chris Collins' film This Is Iraq is a haunting and challenging look at one person's experience in Iraq. This Is Iraq chronicles the war in Iraq just as A Red Badge of Courage chronicled a soldier's experience in the Civil War. It's direct, hard-hitting, and real.”
- Walter Harrison, President at the University of Hartford

"Christopher Collins’ video, This is Iraq, deftly captures the tedious boredom, punctuated by ghastly violence, engulfing American GI's participating in the U.S. military occupation. Images of terrified Iraqi children are juxtaposed with those of young soldiers, not far removed from childhood themselves.  The soldiers long for home. The Iraqi who blew himself up, wanted them gone.  And we sit watching and wondering,  How can we have let this continue for so long?”
- Donn Weinholtz Ph.D, Professor of Educational Leadership and Chair of faculty senate at the University of Hartford

Credits and References

Copyright 2008 Chris Collins and Jeff Pelletier

Viewer discretion is advised: This movie contains gore, strong violence, and adult language.