Point and Shoot

Matt demonstrates how he sets up his camera to record himself. The clip begins with a shot of Matt trying to get his motorcycle out of sand and ends with Matt saying, “…take it to the next level.”

Matt explains how he came to cover Iraq. The clip begins with a shot of a city identified on screen as Baghdad, Iraq. It ends with Matt saying, “The soldiers were very friendly towards me, especially when I told them about the film I was making.”

The clip begins with an ABC News report indicating that the Arab Spring has come to Libya and wondering if its government, like its neighbors, will fall. It ends with Matt saying that he couldn’t imagine sitting at home and watching his friends being killed.

Matt reflects on how many people are documenting each moment of the war. The clip begins with image of Matt using a vehicle-mounted gun. It ends with Matt saying, “…everyone wants something they can share on Facebook.”

Filmmaker Marshall Curry discusses the making of the POV documentary Point and Shoot.

Point and Shoot follows Matt VanDyke, who left home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood”. He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a three-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. When revolution broke out in Libya, he joined in the fight against Muammar Gaddafi and spent six months in solitary confinement.