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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: HOT ZONE DOCUMENTARY

Hot Zone Documentary, Chapter One: Introduction

The documentary about Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone is complete and will be shown here, exclusively online, in its entirety.

By Kevin Sites, Tue Oct 2, 1:40 PM ET

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"A World of Conflict" is the documentary about the "Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone" project, in which veteran war correspondent Kevin Sites reported from every major global conflict in one year, in an effort to understand the costs of a world perpetually at war.

For the next 15 weeks, we will highlight one chapter of the documentary each week, allowing you to see the film in its entirety — entirely online.

The documentary is included with Sites' new book, "In the Hot Zone: One Man. One Year. Twenty Wars." (The Harper Perennial paperback original is available for presale now at Amazon.com.)

The documentary contains searing, never-before-seen images of combat and its lingering impact on civil society, beginning with the anarchy of Somalia in September 2005 and culminating with the explosive war between Israel and Hezbollah in summer 2006.

Along the way we meet both the perpetrators and the victims of conflicts; armies and insurgents; child soldiers and child brides; tales of heartless degradation and inspiring resilience.

The film also documents Sites' return to Fallujah, Iraq, the scene of a controversial battle where he videotaped a U.S. Marine killing a wounded, unarmed Iraqi insurgent inside a mosque.

A World of Conflict puts a human face on war, ultimately imploring us as global citizens to assume greater responsibility by becoming more aware.

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Chapter 1: Opening Montage
The opening montage of the film features unforgettable images from all the conflict zones, edited together by Director Jeffrey Porter and Editor Steve Neilson, with a beautiful and haunting score by composer Damian Wagner.

This chapter then examines how Sites' experience in Fallujah led him to leave his career as a freelance TV war correspondent, join Yahoo! News and begin the Hot Zone project.

Next: Hot Zone Documentary, Chapter Two: Somalia
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Comments

Join the discussion. Here you'll see the comments in the order they were posted.

1
Thanks Kevin, for all that you have shown us about the conflicts that surround the world. I`m glad that your able to open up and show us what we can`t acually see over there. GULF WAR 1&2 VET
Posted by paul3kane on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 8:25 AM ET
2
por queria mielda
Posted by ecwirelesscr on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 4:11 PM ET
3
waz up homes
Posted by gerardoirodriguez on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 4:56 PM ET
4
Is this going to come out inorder form than just the web. Like DVD?
Posted by lagartijast on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 6:44 PM ET
5
kevin-as always thank you
Posted by wemmgee on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 12:30 AM ET
6
I cannot wait to see the documentary. Thanks Kevin and all the team at Yahoo for taking off the "pretty mask" that the media usually puts on to the coverage of news about other countries.
Posted by sandravhg on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 3:26 PM ET
7
Thank Kevin Your stories from the war zone are the best war zone reporting ive read in a number of years . thank you again
Posted by cujo112461 on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 9:18 PM ET
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Anyone who thinks this was a wrong shooting well... youre right but we cannot blame our men they get shot at everyday for Bush the @#$% war over oil, its not the mens fault how would you feel if you were getting shot at would you want to save the guy who would have killed you and was attempting to
Posted by master6332000 on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 9:46 PM ET
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Kevin, you rock! I hope there were much more people like you all around the globe, with free and independent minds. Thanks again for all this great job done and good luck! Roozbeh
Posted by roozshah on Thu, Sep 27, 2007 4:40 AM ET
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I think you, as the other so called "journalists" are nothing more that pigs. Instead of filming an american killing an unarmed iraqi insurgent, you should have assisted in taking his life. This man is an enemy combatant, he was only unarmed after his weapons were taken from him. Just like the GITMO prisoners that were released and then found back on the battlefields - if left alive he would have the possiblitly of taken another of my brothers lives. The journalists such as yourself continue to bash our leaders, my military brothers and yet overlook the great human rights abuses by those we are fighting. Why are you not covering stories of the stoning of Iranian, Iragi, Afghan women by the old farts in the robes? They are stoned to death for dating...why are not not asking where all the gays and lesbians are in those countries? As the President of Iran said, there are none in his country..they kill them. So much for unbiased reporting...all you know how to do is insight an uneducated American public by deflecting the true problems in the world to make yourself more important...while the majority of the American public only pays attention to what crack heads like Oprah says, you deflect the truth....
Posted by tbrenovator on Thu, Sep 27, 2007 8:11 AM ET

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in memoriam

The Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone team dedicates this site to Marla Ruzicka, a fearless voice of compassion, who was killed in Iraq on April 16, 2005, while trying to lessen the suffering of others. For more information, see Civic Worldwide.