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Outside the Wire Promo from Alison Maclean on Vimeo.

Outside the Wire TV Interview from Alison Maclean on Vimeo.

"Outside the Wire is an exception to the often tortured programs aired on this day. It’s a straightforward production made by independent documentarian Alison McLean, a former TSN camera operator who essentially operates as a one-woman crew – it’s just her and her camera. Her previous work was a program about women serving in the Second World War, and that, apparently, compelled her to look at women serving in Afghanistan. Hence the airing on the W Network, one assumes. It’s a pity it’s not airing in prime time, but at least it is being shown."

"Filmmaker Alison MacLean spent three weeks among Canada's military in Afghanistan while preparing this revealing look at the women serving combat roles on the front lines of the Afghan mission. The film examines the life-and-death decisions of female officers in Battle Group operations and the peril faced by women who venture beyond the front lines and into enemy territory."

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"In a world where the a point-and-shoot digital is a staple and replacing it somewhat routine, the lengths documentarian Alison McLean goes to for the sake of her camera have an air of the surreal."

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Article reprinted with permission from the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society.

All photos of Alison were taken in
Fort Lewis, WA by Cmdr King Wan.

The CCMMS has taken on a collaborative project with Producer and Cameraperson Alison MacLean. Alison’s upcoming documentary, Outside the Wire, will feature an updated look at Canadian and Coalition Forces on the front lines as seen through soldiers’ eyes. With the focus on women in combat, it will highlight Chinese in the Canadian Military and overseas work with NATO. This film will document the changing face of war as women share in combat duties and assist in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. It will be shot on location in mid-October 2009.

To be shot on location in Afghanistan featuring an updated look at Canadian and Coalition Forces on the front lines. A feature focus is on Women in Combat. Broadcast Airdate is Remembrance Day 2010 on the W Network.

Release date 2010.

NIAGARA INDIE FILM FEST-2007 Best Independent Documentary

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