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Killing in the name of…

When army trainees are sent to the frontlines the cliché kill or be killed goes along with them. Killing on the job is something that soldiers who come back from war often don't talk about, and something civilians can't fathom. Blakeway Productions found five former British infantrymen who were willing to speak candidly about the realities of war and created a one-hour doc for BBC2. Realscreen spoke with director Deborah Lee about getting ex-soldiers to speak openly about such rough memories.

May 21, 2009

When army trainees are sent to the frontlines the cliché kill or be killed goes along with them. Killing on the job is something that soldiers who come back from war often don't talk about, and something civilians can't fathom. Blakeway Productions found five former British infantrymen who were willing to speak candidly about the realities of war and created a one-hour doc for BBC2. Realscreen spoke with director Deborah Lee about getting ex-soldiers to speak openly about such rough memories.