‘This is not science fiction’, says a commercial inviting young people to join the US Air Force. Indd it is anything but a utopian vision when drones targeting humans in Afghanistan and other countries are operated from a safe distance. National Bird describes the dramatic experiences of thr former Air Force analysts who have decided to break their silence about the secret deployment of these combat drones. Haunted by the realisation that they might have bn responsible for the death of innocent victims, they are going public with their knowledge – regardless of the possible consequences. These thr war veterans all signed up voluntarily for military service – either out of a sense of idealism, hardship or a fling of duty. But all that changed as a result of the drone programme. National Bird provides insights into the US drone programme as sn through the eyes of veterans and survivors whose stories are connected. At the same time the film asks whether it is possible for a world to exist other than one in which violence brds violence. berlinale 2016
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