Unmanned drones have entered the Hollywood zeitgeist in a big way. In the next month alone, you’ll find them popping up in Ethan Hawke drama Good Kill and at the business end of Fast And Furious 7. Before then Drone, a documentary by Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei, offers a handy primer on a subject that will only get more and more prominent on the news agenda in the years ahead until we’ve all got one. Here’s a new clip from the film to give a taster.
Armed with Hellfire missiles and remote-controlled from bases in America, CIA drones are a none-more-controversial arm of US foreign policy (and, in Fast 7, a massive nuisance to The Rock). The doc tackles the subject from the recruitment of pilots at gaming conventions to use of drones to target terrorists around the world. "In the midst of fast advancement of technology and lagging international legislation,” runs the synopsis, "the film shows how drones change wars and possibly our future."
Drone hits UK cinemas on April 10, after a special Q&A screening with Schei at Curzon Bloomsbury the day before.