CREDITS
Work done for Current TV
Directed, Written, Produced, and Edited by Thomas Eugene Green.
Additional Editing by Anthony Ferraro, Julian Robinson, Matthew Sultan and Jeremey Lavoi
Finish Editing by Dan Gahr
Cinematography by Joshua Hayes, Justin Gunn, Mark Rinehart and Thomas Eugene Green.
Motion GFX by Timothy Palmer
Featuring Josh, Nate, and Charlie.
Re-enactments featuring Adam Warmington, Jason Tongen, Anthony Ferraro, and Matthew Sultan.
Blakkbox Act 1 – Welcome To War
In July 2006, Current TV gave three young Americans known collectively as Blakkbox some money to travel to Lebanon during the height of the July War between the Israeli military and Hezbollah. This 7-episode series details what it’s like going into a war zone when everyone is heading out. Blakkbox speak to the people on the ground and get first hand knowledge of the things you typically don’t see on television.
http://www.vimeo.com/30091105
Blakkbox Act 2 – Oil Spill
Part 2 covers one of the most toxic oil spills in the Middle East and gives a little history about the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
http://www.vimeo.com/30091345
BlakkBox Act 3 – 20 Ground Zeroes
After a night of serious bombing in the southern part of Beirut, Blakkbox goes to “Hezbollah Central” the suburb known as Haret Hreik. Home to Almanar TV and Hezbollah radio, this location was specifically targeted and destroyed. Even though the area was protected by guards carrying AK-47s and considered off-limits to network journalists, Blakkbox was able to get in and get the story.
http://www.vimeo.com/30093412
Blakkbox Act 4 – Laughter under the Bombs
The citizens of Lebanon are constantly bombarded with propaganda, explosions and gunfire. The Blakkbox team goes to the streets to look into the effect that the environment has on the people. An interview with Sharif, a theatre teacher who looks after a group of children in Lebanon, sheds a dark light on the consequences of living in a place like Lebanon.
http://www.vimeo.com/30093649
Blakkbox Act 5 – Moped Ride
After a week and a half of filming in Lebanon, the BlakkBox team decided it was time to send their footage back home before anything could happen to it or them. Sending the footage home would not be easy though as they quickly found out. To send the tapes home as fast as possible, Josh and Charlie grabbed some mopeds and headed out on a journey to the DHL in Damascus. This pod documents their 14-hour journey to Damascus.
http://www.vimeo.com/30093853
Blakkbox Act 6 – Nate Solo
When Josh and Charlie go to Damascus to mail some tapes home to the US, Nate stayed in Beirut to investigate the war and the air raids in the city. Driving straight into the area being bombed, Nate gets an inside look at the bombsites and talks to the few lucky people that are still in the city.
http://www.vimeo.com/30094220
Blakkbox Act 7 – Kidnapped
For Part 7, find out what’s it like to be in the middle of an Israeli airstrike, get shot at and be seized by Hezbollah in this video.
http://www.vimeo.com/30097413
