Four hard-hitting stores, from the deadliest period in U.S. Army Aviation, since Vietnam. Actual footage from the events, and interviews from the Soldiers, who were there - bring these intense and touching stories of courage and sacrifice to life.
About trauma, resilience and post-traumatic growth in the medics who served with Australia's special forces in Afghanistan. From losing mates in the battlefield to treating horrifically injured Afghan kids in remote surgical theatres.
This spy thriller pits veteran-turned-artist, Daniel Cliff, against US intelligence, and secrets from his past lead to hellish journey of lies, betrayal, and government retribution.
Documents a 40-year relationship between Saddam Hussein and the U.S., through accounts given by those who were witness to and participants in those years of violence. It is about a man and a superpower who used each other, in a marriage of convenience between strange bed-fellows. Includes selected archival footage of Saddam's beginnings, filmed to immortalise his exploits, at 20 years of age, in 1959. Includes also images from the film, Saddam Hussein, le maître de Baghdad, directed by Michel Vuillermet (Zarafa Films)
A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it takes to get it back from a group of smugglers. Along the way, he faces his own inner demons.
LETTERS, a dramatic historical fiction written by Mrs. Evelyn Merritt in 2010, tells the story of U.S. soldiers and their loved ones through their correspondence beginning with the Civil War and ending with the War in Iraq. Sahuarita High School students adapted the Readers’ Theatre play into a movie, reasoning the student actors would be kept safe from Covid-19 by filming them individually, and afterward the footage could be reassembled into a screenplay following the original dialogue.
Portrait troublant de quatre volontaires occidentaux qui risquent leur vie pour combattre Daech aux côtés des forces kurdes. Le long métrage documentaire MY WAR explore les motifs complexes derrière la nécessité de prendre les armes au nom de quelqu'un d'autre.
On the eve of the Iraq War, teenager Mark Swift dreams of escape from the realities of his lower-class existence in Youngstown, Ohio, and the fear and bewilderment of a society at war.
An exploration of the visual and psychological parallels between the American western frontier and the conflict in the Middle East.
Ten families read letters from their loved ones killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in this powerful and moving HBO documentary by Oscar and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Bill Couturie (Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam). Photos of the soldiers in military and civilian life are shown as family members read the final correspondence received from Iraq and share their thoughts and memories about the fallen troops and the realities of war.
Three incredible stories of women who risked everything to tell the truth. Their stories became worldwide scandals and took a personal toll on each of their lives
Three friends – a reporter, an oil analyst and a financial executive – reunite after ten years and accidentally uncover one of the key, hidden reasons for what motivated the war in Iraq. The trio struggles to present evidence to major media that America invaded Iraq to force oil sales from the Euro back to the Dollar to preserve US global monetary supremacy. Against incredible odds, the team must face their pasts, find willing sources to corroborate the story, and survive the conspirators as they push to bring the truth to light.
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
Tireur d’élite des Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle est envoyé en Irak dans un seul but : protéger ses camarades. Sa précision chirurgicale sauve d’innombrables vies humaines sur le champ de bataille et, tandis que les récits de ses exploits se multiplient, il décroche le surnom de « La Légende ». Cependant, sa réputation se propage au-delà des lignes ennemies, si bien que sa tête est mise à prix et qu’il devient une cible privilégiée des insurgés. Malgré le danger, et l’angoisse dans laquelle vit sa famille, Chris participe à quatre batailles décisives parmi les plus terribles de la guerre en Irak, s’imposant ainsi comme l’incarnation vivante de la devise des SEAL : « Pas de quartier ! ». Mais en rentrant au pays, Chris prend conscience qu’il ne parvient pas à retrouver une vie normale.
Un aide-soignant militaire est de retour de la guerre en Irak. Atteint de stress post-traumatique, il se met à braquer des banques pour financer sa dépendance aux opiacés.
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to the slum neighborhood they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. Tommy meets his disabled six year-old daughter, Hope, for the first time, and she begins to melt his frozen heart. While DD struggles to make an honest living, his older brother, Darnell, has risen to become the neighborhood kingpin. DD faces the pressure to save his younger brother, James, from following in Darnell’s dangerous footsteps. Tommy and DD find themselves trapped in the same slum they joined the military to escape. As they struggle for redemption, their own families become entangled in a web of crime, corruption and violence.
Le parcours du soldat Megan Leavey, chargée de repérer des explosifs avec Rex, un chien spécialement entraîné pour cette mission.
Bagdad. Le lieutenant James est à la tête de la meilleure unité de déminage de l'US Army. Leur mission: désamorcer des bombes dans des quartiers civils ou des théâtres de guerre, au péril de leur vie, alors que la situation locale est encore... explosive.
2003 : les États-Unis et l’Angleterre souhaitent intervenir en Irak. Katharine Gun, employée des renseignements britanniques, reçoit une note de la NSA : les États-Unis sollicitent l'aide de la Grande-Bretagne pour rassembler des informations compromettantes sur certains membres du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU et les obliger à voter en faveur de l’invasion. Gun prend alors la décision de divulguer le mémo à la presse afin d’empêcher la guerre. En choisissant d’exposer cette vaste conspiration politique, la lanceuse d’alerte va tout risquer : sa vie, sa famille, sa liberté…