Deborah Scranton

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Deborah Scranton is the director of The War Tapes, a documentary detailing the personal stories of soldiers in the Iraq War. It was the first of its kind in that she sent the soldiers video cameras so they can shoot raw footage of their actual, on hand experiences in combat. The film won several honors, including Best International Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival and Best International Documentary at BritDoc in 2006.

Scranton is a former US ski team member. She lives on her family's farm in the mountains of New Hampshire with her six-year old son Benjamin.

[edit] External links

• Deborah Scranton Biography at Mother Jones
• http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2006/05/front_and_cente.html
• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5524323
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5038172.stm