A young Iraqi woman has been killed at a checkpoint and her death is seen through three sets of eyes.

Mara is the body washer who prepares her body for burial as part of the Islamic ritual. While she admits her work is difficult, Mara says there's a sense of peace that comes after she has washed the deceased and wrapped the body in a shroud.

Nikki is the National Guard soldier who fired the fatal bullet. The mother of a little girl back in the States, she joined the Guard like so many others - to get money for college. But this? It's certainly not what she signed up for.

Amy is an American reporter recording the daily tally of death and destruction in the war. After a chilling interview with the dead woman's sister, she struggles to make sense of the story.