AAP The US embassy in Canberra has come under fire in the US for promoting the documentary Dirty Wars.The US State Department has been forced to defend the promotion by its embassy in Canberra of the controversial documentary Dirty Wars.
Dirty Wars, about covert US counter-terrorism operations including targeted killings carried out under the Obama administration, is being screened at the Canberra International Film Festival.
US media commentators have called out the embassy for touting free tickets to the documentary.
"Would you like FREE tickets to Blackfish or Dirty Wars at the @CIFF_Canberra this weekend? Get in touch!" the embassy Tweeted.
US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked at Wednesday's press briefing in Washington DC why the embassy was giving away tickets to a film "highly critical of the administration".
"As you know, we have public diplomacy and outreach programs around the world, including in Canberra," Ms Psaki told reporters.
"Many of those programs around the world promote independent films, promote Hollywood films. That's something we're doing here."
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