Hidden Camera Jihad
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Hidden Camera Jihad also known as Jihad Hidden Camera is a propaganda film widely available on the internet. The film features clips of American & British soldiers being killed by IEDs and snipers and is overdubbed with slapstick
style sound effects and an applause/laugh track.
It is often aired on Al-Zawraa TV
, a TV channel that frequently airs footage of attacks on coalition forces.
In an interview with NPR
Phil Alden Robinson
(director of Sneakers and Field of Dreams) said he suspects the film is of American origin due to a number of pop culture references (including Tarzan
and Fox News) and the software used to manufacture the film.
Slapstick
Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...
style sound effects and an applause/laugh track.
It is often aired on Al-Zawraa TV
Al-Zawraa TV
Al-Zawraa TV was an Iraqi satellite television channel that was known for airing video footage of insurgent attacks on US-led coalition forces.-Broadcasts:...
, a TV channel that frequently airs footage of attacks on coalition forces.
In an interview with NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
Phil Alden Robinson
Phil Alden Robinson
Phil Alden Robinson is an American film director and screenwriter whose films include Field of Dreams, Sneakers and The Sum of All Fears.-Life and career:...
(director of Sneakers and Field of Dreams) said he suspects the film is of American origin due to a number of pop culture references (including Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
and Fox News) and the software used to manufacture the film.