BLAKKBOX I: Welcome to War

In July 2006, Current TV gave three young Americans known collectively as Blakkbox some money to travel to Lebanon during the height of the July War between the Israeli military and Hezbollah. The first pod of the 7-episode series details what it's like going into a war zone when everyone is heading out. Blakkbox speak to the people on the crowd and get first hand knowledge of the things you typically don't see on network television.

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn and Mark Rinehart, Asst. Editor Matthew Sultan and Anthony Ferraro, Graphics Tim Palmer.

BLAKKBOX II: Oil Bomb

This second pod of the seven episode series covers one of the most toxic oil spills in the Middle East and gives a little history about the terrorist organization Hezbollah.

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn and Mark Rinehart, Asst. Editor Anthony Ferraro, Graphics Tim Palmer.

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BLAKKBOX III: 20 Ground Zeroes

After a night of serious bombing in the southern part of Beirut, Blakkbox goes to "Hezbollah Central" the suburb known as Haret Hreik. Home to Almanar TV and Hezbollah radio, this location was specifically targeted and destroyed. Even though the area was protected by guards carrying AK-47s and considered off-limits to network journalists, Blakkbox was able to get in and get the story.

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn and Mark Rinehart, Graphics Tim Palmer.

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BLAKKBOX IV: Laughter Amid Bombs

The citizens of Lebanon are constantly bombarded with propaganda, explosions and gunfire. The BlakkBox team goes to the streets to look into the effect that the environment has on the people. An interview with Sharif, a theatre teacher who looks after a group of children in Lebanon, sheds a dark light on the consequences of living in a place like Lebanon..

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn and Mark Rinehart, Asst. Editor Anthony Ferraro, Graphics Tim Palmer.

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BLAKKBOX V: War on a Moped

After a week and a half of filming in Lebanon, the BlakkBox team decided it was time to send their footage back home before anything could happen to it or them. Sending the footage home would not be easy though as they quickly found out. To send the tapes home as fast as possible, Josh and Charlie grabbed some mopeds and headed out on a journey to the DHL in Damascus. This pod documents their 14-hour journey to Damascus.

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn and Mark Rinehart, Asst. Editors Julian Robinson and Jeremy Lavoi. Graphics Tim Palmer.

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BLAKKBOX VI: Chasing the Carnage

When Josh and Charlie go to Damascus to mail some tapes home to the US, Nate stayed in Beirut to investigate the war and the air raids in the city. Driving straight into the area being bombed, Nate gets an inside look at the bombsites and talks to the few lucky people that are still in the city.

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn and Mark Rinehart, Asst. Editors Julian Robinson and Jeremy Lavoi. Graphics Tim Palmer.

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BLAKKBOX VII: Being Hezbollah Hostages

Find out what's it like to be in the middle of an Israeli airstrike, get shot at and be seized by Hezbollah in this video.

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Credits: Josh, Nate, and Charlie. Camera Josh Hayes, Studio Camera Justin Gunn, Mark Rinehart and Thomas Green. Graphics Tim Palmer.

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