Year at Danger

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Year at Danger
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Directed by Steve Metze, Don Swaynos
Produced by Steve Metze
Starring Steve Metze
Edited by Don Swaynos
Music by George Oldziey
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Arabic

Year at Danger is a 2007 independent documentary film. Nine days after his marriage, Steve Metze found out that he was being deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Metze, a West Point graduate, Desert Storm veteran, and documentary filmmaker, decided to pack a camera and document his year in Iraq. The film consists of footage shot by Metze during his deployment to Iraq and was edited by Don Swaynos.

It won the Grand Jury Award at the 2008 DeadCENTER Film Festival and was an Official Selection of the 2007 Austin Film Festival and the 2008 GI Film Festival.


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