Recent Media
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Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria - October 17 - Foreign Exchange examines the world of Private Military Companies
[QT] - CBC Radio - October 3rd, 2006 - On The Coast - Priya Ramu interviews Nick Bicanic
[Mp3] - Pitch Page - October 3rd, 2006 - Pitch Page profiles Nick Bicanic and Shadow Company
[Link] - Vancouver Province - October 2nd, 2006 - Stuart Derdeyn talks to Nick Bicanic about
Shadow Company
[Link] - Mother Jones Radio - September 10th, 2006 - Angie Coiro Interviews Nick Bicanic
[Mp3]
Reviews
- Hollywood Reporter - June 22nd, 2006
'Reaching both audiences may take some doing on the publicity side, but the potential exists for solid boxoffice in comparison to other current-events docs. Throughout the film manages to educate without being dry and to illustrate controversies without prejudice. For a subject that plays such a large part in America's foreign policy and is so little understood, "Shadow Company" is an excellent and engaging primer.'
Review by John DeFore
Link to full text or [download pdf] - PopMatters - March 15th, 2006
'The charred and mutilated bodies of Blackwater private security contractors shown hanging from a bridge in Fallujah turned the spotlight on a group whose presence in Iraq had been previously unknown to a great many: mercenaries. Shadow Company, directed by Nick Bicanic and Jason Bourque, is a look into this, group of ex-soldiers and hired guns, who purposefully put themselves in harm's way. Not for the honorable clichés of God or country. But for lots and lots of good, old-fashioned cash.'
Review by Tobias Peterson
Link to full text or [download pdf] - Film Threat - March 13th, 2006 - 5/5 stars
'There are an estimated 20,000 private soldiers on the ground in Iraq, more than the total number of combined non-US coalition ground forces, and one for roughly every ten American soldiers. Shadow Company directors Nick Bicanic and Jason Bourque attempt to find out where these guys come from, what exactly they do, and why they do it.'
Review by Pete Vonder Haar
Link to full text or [download pdf] - Austin American Statesman - March 9th, 2006 - 4/4 stars - Link to full text or [download pdf]
Press Coverage
TV and Radio
- Mother Jones Radio - September 10th, 2006
Angie Coiro Interviews Nick Bicanic
[Mp3] - CBC Radio - August 28th, 2006
Sounds like Canada - Jian Ghomeshi interviews Nick Bicanic
[RealAudio] - Cape Talk Radio - July 20th, 2006
Capetown - Lisa Chait interviews Nick Bicanic and Cobus Claassens
[MP3 file - 17.4MB] - CBC's The Hour - May 5th, 2006
TV Interview with Nick Bicanic - daily current affairs show
[QT Download - 70MB] - [Google Video] - Canada AM - May 1st, 2006
TV Interview with Nick Bicanic, Alan Bell (live, nationwide)
[QT Download - 60MB] - [Google Video] - Starz TV - April 2nd, 2006
SXSW coverage segment with Nick Bicanic interview
[WMV download - 3MB]
Newspapers / Periodicals
- Globe and Mail - September 5th, 2006 - Alexandra Shimo
[Download pdf] - The Province - July 10th, 2006 - Raina Delisle profiles Nick and the film
[Download pdf] - Campus Progress - July 10th, 2006 - Dana Goldstein compares War Tapes and Shadow Company
[Link] to full text - The Hollywood Reporter - April 28th, 2006 - Etan Vlessing
[Download pdf] - Georgia Straight - April 21st, 2006 - Pieta Woolley interviews Jason and Nick
[Link or Download pdf] - Victoria Times Colonist - April 17th, 2006 - profile by Michael Reid
[Download pdf] - Austin Chronicle - March 17th, 2006 - interview by Shawn Badgley
[Link to full text or Download pdf] - The Toronto Star - March 17th, 2006 - Geoff Pevere at SXSW
[Link to full text or Download pdf] - BBC Worldwide - March 12th, 2006 - interview by Mark Whittaker
[MP3 file] - Alternet - January 9th, 2006
[Link or Download pdf]
