''Disarm'' is a

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

which spans a dozen countries to look at how, despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel landmines continue to claim victims daily in more than eighty countries. Defined as a conventional weapon, landmines inflict destruction upon civilian populations for decades after the initial conflict has ended. ''Disarm'' juxtaposes government and public opinion- that of diplomats, mine victims, deminers, soldiers, campaigners and

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- to explore the issues that both hinder and further the case against the weapon. Visually stunning, ''Disarm'' features harrowing footage smuggled out of isolated nation of

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, scenes from war-ravaged

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, never-before-seen

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footage shot by

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and Bosnian deminers, unprecedented access into warehouses stockpiling millions of

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-made mines, and insightful comments by outspoken Nobel Peace Laureate

Jody Williams Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security i ...

. Looking beyond landmines, ''Disarm'' offers a contemporary, intelligent and critical investigation into how weapons systems, war, and the way it is waged are being redefined in the 21st century with devastating consequences.

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*http://www.indiepixfilms.com/film/3610 *http://www.disarmfilm.org/ *http://www.documentaryfilms.net/index.php/disarm/ * 2005 films Documentary films about war Films shot in Myanmar Films shot in Colombia Films shot in Iraq Films shot in Afghanistan Films shot in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000s English-language films {{war-documentary-film-stub