War Photographer, James Nachtwey on DVD

This 96-minute documentary directed by Christian Frei was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary Feature of 2002. It's a stunning and unforgettable portrait of James Nachtwey, today's preeminent war photographer. Nachetwey has worked in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil, and the United States. This DVD includes interviews with the war photographer and the director Christian Frei.

It is a must see for all photojournalists.

Salvador on DVD

Director Oliver Stone's engrossing true-life account of the violent civil war in El Salvador as told through the perspective of a has-been journalist trying for one last grasp at glory and finding the true horror of war. James Woods is freelance journalist Richard Boyle, who leaves San Francisco broke with his drug-addled, disc-jockey buddy (Jim Belushi) to cover the escalating conflict and hopefully return to his former stature as a war correspondent. What he finds is a nation torn by random violence, shifting ideologies, poverty, and the malevolent influence of the United States. Boyle tries to make sense of the brutality he sees while extracting his girlfriend from the war zone and saving his own life. Review by --Robert Lane

More Documentary Films and DVD's about Photographers

Baraka
The Agronomist
Killing fields
National Geographic's
City of God
Born into Brothels
Sebastiao Salgado
Photography: As Told by Life Magazine
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Under Fire
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Bridges of Madison County
W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult
Control Room

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