Severe Clear
93min - Iraq, USA
Producers: Marc J. Perez, Kristian Fraga

New England Premiere

Filmmaker Attending
In addition to the producer of the film, the protagonist and subject of Severe Clear, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti, will be attending this presentation at the Salem Film Fest.
Based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Their cameras capture the harrowing three hundred mile charge to Baghdad through hostile enemy territory. In this digital age of embedded reporters, the film truly strips the barriers between audience and soldier, personalizing the fear, moral conundrum and adrenaline rush of life on the battlefield. SEVERE CLEAR offers an unflinching look at the uncertainty, disorder and chaos of war from the remarkable perspective of one Marine.