Occupation: Dreamland

The documentary follows a military unit in Iraq. The unit is from the American army’s airborne division. Where they are is Fallujah. The time is the end of 2004. The crew stayed there for six weeks. The camera goes into the daily life of eight soldiers. Patrols, long waits and conversations are recorded. The soldiers argue among themselves. They ask whether their being there makes any difference. The film talks with Iraqi civilians as well. The base they stayed at was called Dreamland, and the title comes from that. The city would soon after be the scene of heavy fighting. Ian Olds and Garrett Scott’s American documentary of 2005 runs seventy eight minutes.