DOCUMENTARY

To watch the film visit www.waitingtoexplode.film

“Waiting to Explode” (working title “American Redemption”) a documentary about the lingering impacts of nine years of saturation bombing with anti-personnel bombs and other ordnance. We have recorded interviews with Fred Branfman and others who are active in accelerating UXO clearance as well as victims of explosions. “Waiting to Explode” integrates interviews, photographs, and fact sheets and follows several “bombie” victims as they strive to move forward from their injuries.

hand-drawn image of mother crying over her son’s bomb-inflicted injuries. [courtesy of Fred Branfman]

NEWSWORTHY
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- UXO Impact
  
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