First Stripes

Caissy focuses the camera on the trainees' faces in the dressing-down exchanges, rather than the man barking the orders/lectures (all the superiors are males). The approach keeps attention on the recruits, a reminder that this is their story.

You can't sneak Wagner's Prelude from Das Rheingold into a film about soldiers and NOT be making some kind of statement.

It's a far cry from the optimistic peacekeeping image taught in Canadian schools and promoted internationally.

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