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The PBS film CARRIER is a character-driven, nonfiction drama about life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during its 2005 deployment to the Persian Gulf.
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Watch interviews with the crew - A core group of film participants talk about their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage and the war on terror.
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Explore the Ship » Discover the history of the USS Ninitz and examine the key areas of the carrier. Follow the Journey » Follow the crew's six-month deployment across the Pacific Ocean and visit their ports-of-call.

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An Icon Productions and Carrier Project Production
Directed by Maro Chermayeff; Executive Producers Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Nancy Cotton, Mitchell Block,
and Maro Chermayeff; Producers Deborah Dickson and Jeff Dupre; Producers in the field Matthew Akers, Michelle Smawley, Pamela Yates; Created by Maro Chermayeff and Mitchell Block; Editors Pamela Scott Arnold, Jay Keuper, Sabine Krayenbuhl,
Maeve O’Boyle, Howard Sharp and E. Donna Shepherd; Cinematographers Axel Baumann, Ulli Bonnekamp, Mark Brice,
Robert Hanna and Wolfgang Held; Original Music Composer Edward Bilous; Original Music Producer Greg Kalember;
Executive Music Producer Tracy McKnight

Executive producers for WETA: Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson


Funding for the series is provided by the CPB/PBS Challenge Fund.
Corporate funding is provided by CSC.
The presenting station is WETA Washington, DC.

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