Severe Clear

This article is about the documentary. For the album by Andy LaVerne, see Severe Clear (album).

Severe Clear is a 2009 documentary film directed by American documentary maker Kristian Fraga, starring and using footage shot by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti of United States Marine Corps Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 4th Marines. The film explores the Marine drive to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Severe Clear
Film poster
Directed by	Kristian Fraga
Written by	Kristian Fraga
Produced by	Benjamin Charbit Kristian Fraga Shari Hamrick Marc Perez John L. Sikes Sehban Zaidi
Starring	Mike Scotti
Edited by	Kristian Fraga
Music by	Cliff Martinez
Production company	Sirk Productions
Distributed by	G2 Pictures
Release dates	March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16) (SXSW) March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Filming

A small clip depicting artillery fire in 2003

The footage was shot as Mike Scotti fought on the front lines of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, he recorded what he saw on his personal mini-DV camera.^[1] The film was released at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

See also

• Armadillo, a 2010 Danish documentary about Danish troops stationed at the "Armadillo" forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
• Restrepo, a 2010 American documentary about troops in Afghanistan