国家鸟跟随着三名举报人的戏剧性旅程，他们决心打破我们时代最有争议的时事之一的沉默：美国的秘密无人机战。 在电影的中心是三名美军退伍军人。 受到内疚参与杀死异国人民的困扰| 他们决定公开发言 尽管可能的后果。 他们的故事采取戏剧性的转弯 在阿富汗领导其中的一员，她了解到一个可怕的事件。 但她的旅程也给和平与赎回带来了希望。 国家鸟通过退伍军人和幸存者的眼睛，为美国的无人机计划提供了罕见的见解 连接他们的故事从未见过纪录片。 它的图像困扰观众，并带来一个遥远的问题在家附近。

  ‘This is not science fiction’, says a commercial inviting young people to join the US Air Force. Indeed it is anything but a utopian vision when drones targeting humans in Afghanistan and other countries are operated from a safe distance. National Bird describes the dramatic experiences of three former Air Force analysts who have decided to break their silence about the secret deployment of these combat drones. Haunted by the realisation that they might have been responsible for the death of innocent victims, they are going public with their knowledge – regardless of the possible consequences. These three war veterans all signed up voluntarily for military service – either out of a sense of idealism, hardship or a feeling of duty. But all that changed as a result of the drone programme.

  National Bird provides insights into the US drone programme as seen through the eyes of veterans and survivors whose stories are connected. At the same time the film asks whether it is possible for a world to exist other than one in which violence breeds violence. berlinale 2016