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Stringers

2001 · 58 min

A sober, unglamorous look at war reporting, where boredom and bureaucracy sit beside the sight of bodies on a battlefield.

Directed by
Patrick Bratt
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Donald Boström, Patrick Bratt
Overview
A documentary about young freelance foreign correspondents, stringers, in Eritrea. Without much journalistic experience, they will report on the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia to a not very interested world. As stringers, they only get paid per item or article. The film provides a unique insight into the war correspondent's everyday life. The fight against local bureaucrats and the corpses that remain on the battlefield, extreme stress alternated with long times of waiting. A movie by Patrick Bratt.

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Directed by
Patrick Bratt
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Donald Boström, Patrick Bratt
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • work
  • death
  • isolation
  • media
Places
  • military
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Patrick Bratt
Starring
Donald Boström, Patrick Bratt
Cinematography
Emil Larsson
Runtime
58 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Swedish

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