In The Line Of Fire
by The Daily Eye Team April 26 2017, 4:09 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 38 secsIn November of 2016, filmmaker and journalist Aaron Ohlmann teamed up with therapist (and backup cameraman) Adam Kaplan to document the effects of ongoing war in Iraq on those displaced by the conflict. Below, read Kaplan’s written observations and dip and tilt your screen to experience Ohlmann’s 360-degree video of their journey. The call center I’M IN A BRIGHT, CLEAN OFFICE LISTENING TO VOICES I CAN’T UNDERSTAND, trying (and failing) to stifle existential panic with cup after cup of instant coffee. A team of about a dozen operators on headsets switches between Arabic and Kurdish, their cadence measured, their tone calm. Nothing betrays the catastrophe and heartbreak on the other end of the line.