Baghdad ER is a documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 released by HBO on May 21, 2006. It shows the Iraq war from the perspective of a military hospital in Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

 and by that, illustrates what war really means. It has some relatively disturbing scenes in it (e.g. amputation

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...

s), therefore the U.S. Army is officially warning that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

After being given a Peabody Award

Peabody Award

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, the show was featured in the April 13, 2007 broadcast of NPR

NPR

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's Fresh Air

Fresh Air

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.

Awards

• Emmy Awards:
  • Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking
  • Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - Single-Camera
  • Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
  • Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Single or Multi-Camera

Nominations

• American Cinema Editors Awards
  American Cinema Editors
  Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. The society is not to be confused with an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E...
  
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  • Best Edited Documentary Film http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/eddieNominees.html

• Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming - Single-Camera
  • Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming - Single or Multi-Camera

External links

• HBO schedule
• It can be watched and downloaded here (Information Clearing House)
• Baghdad ER At the IMDB