Introduction With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before. Outline In 2004, Waleed Nesyif, heavy metal musician, is forced to flee Iraq following death threats for working for American… Read More
Introduction With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before. Outline When Saddam Hussein is captured by coalition forces in December 2003, politicians in the White House believe this will… Read More
Introduction With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before. Outline At the start of the Iraq War in 2003, over 600 journalists and photographers are given permission by the… Read More
Introduction With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before. Outline When Lieutenant Colonel Nate Sassaman arrived in Iraq in 2003, his belief in the task ahead – of delivering… Read More
Introduction With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before. Outline Waleed Nesyif was 18 when George Bush gave Saddam Hussein just 48 hours to leave Iraq. He was, like… Read More
Introduction With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before. Outline In July 2020, PBS Frontline released the documentary feature Once Upon A Time In Iraq recounting the up to… Read More
Introduction We Iraqis (2004) is a documentary film written and directed by the Iraqi-French film director Abbas Fahdel. Nous les Irakiens (French title) and نحن العراقيون (Arabic title). The film shows daily life in Baghdad, just before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The fears and hopes of a people that is emerging from… Read More
Introduction Last Flag Flying is a 2017 American drama film directed by Richard Linklater with a screenplay by Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan, based upon the latter’s 2005 novel of the same name. It stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne as three Vietnam War veterans who reunite after one of their sons is killed… Read More
Introduction ‘Death of the Redcaps’ was a documentary focusing on the violent deaths of six Royal Military Policemen on active service in Iraq in 2003. The soldiers’ deaths drew particular scrutiny in the media and Parliament because of surrounding circumstances: the failure of supplied equipment, the close proximity of a Parachute Brigade patrol who were… Read More
Introduction “Fighting for Life” follows American military doctors, nurses and medics on the front lines of the Iraq War, young wounded soldiers and marines determined to survive and to heal, and students of USU, the “best medical school no one’s ever heard of,” on their journey toward becoming career military physicians. Outline In this documentary,… Read More
