Celebrated filmmaker Barbara Kopple teamed with Marijana Wotton to direct and produce this documentary about five female war correspondents in Iraq where, in the past four years, 152 journalists have been killed. Her subjects are seasoned, multi-award winning photographers, videographers, and writers (Molly Bingham, Marie Colvin, Janine Di Giovanni, Mary Rogers, and May Ying Welsh) whose previous assignments have taken them to war zones in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Following them from the early days of the U.S. invasion through the increasingly chaotic and violent occupation and insurgency of 2003-4, we get to see how they go about getting their stories and witness a behind the scenes view of Iraq that's more raw than anything on TV. Often physically and emotionally drained, pursued by nightmares and anxieties, these five extraordinarily courageous and committed women generously allow the filmmakers into their work and private lives. (Amy Taubin)

Directors: Barbara Kopple, Marijana Wotton, Bob Eisenhardt
Producers: Marijana Wotton, Barbara Kopple

Two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple recently directed the narrative feature HAVOC. Her nonfiction films include A CONVERSATION WITH GREGORY PECK, MY GENERATION, WILD MAN BLUES and FALLEN CHAMP: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MIKE TYSON, for which Kopple received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing. She produced and directed HARLAN COUNTY USA and AMERICAN DREAM, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Kopple also directs episodic television and commercials.