Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield

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Movie
Original title Dirty wars
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 87 minutes
Rod
Director Rick Rowley
script David Riker ,
Jeremy Scahill
production Anthony Arnove ,
Brenda Coughlin
music David Harrington
camera Rick Rowley
cut Rick Rowley,
David Riker

Dirty Wars (German: Dirty Wars ) is a 2013 documentary turned director Richard Rowley . The producer and screenwriter is the journalist Jeremy Scahill . Scahill also wrote a non-fiction book based on the research on the film and in German under the title Schmutzige Kriege. America's Secret Command Operations appeared ( ISBN 978-3-88897-868-5 ).

action

The subject of the film is the many facets and scenes of the covert , worldwide waged US war on terror , in particular the operations of the United States Joint Special Operations Command .

The investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill travels to Afghanistan , Yemen , Somalia and other places where the United States a war on terror cause. In Afghanistan, he is investigating how the US tried to cover up the deaths of five Afghans, including two pregnant women and a teenage girl, in Khataba. Scahill meets with American soldiers and Afghan civilians and speaks about the subject. One of his interlocutors is the US Senator Ron Wyden .

Scahill is investigating the murder of US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki and his son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki in Yemen. Scahill considers the war on terror to be a " self-fulfilling prophecy " because the civilian casualties lead to more Muslims fighting the US. He also covers the Yemeni journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye , who was arrested and convicted of terrorist support for reporting on the US drone war.

On German television

A 45-minute short version of the film was produced under the title Dirty Wars - The Secret Commando Actions of the USA on behalf of the North German Broadcasting Corporation and was broadcast for the first time on the first television program at the end of November 2013 .

criticism

Dirty Wars got 85% good reviews in Rotten Tomatoes . Metacritic also scored a vast majority of reviews as positive (76% out of 18 reviews).

Trevor Johnston praised the film for its style and that he, the politics behind Obama's facade as the good man (good guy) illuminated.

Awards and nominations

  • 2013: Nomination: Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Best Documentary
  • 2013: CPH: DOX Best Documentary
  • 2013: Little Rock Film Festival, Best Documentary
  • 2013: Little Rock Film Festival for Extraordinary Courage in Filmmaking
  • 2013: Telluride Mountain Film Festival Best Documentary
  • 2013: Traverse City Film Festival Special Award for Best Documentary
  • 2013: Founders Prize Special Award Best Documentary
  • 2013: Boston Independent Film Festival, Best Documentary
  • 2014: Warsaw International Film Festival Best Documentary
  • 2014: Nomination: Cinema Eye Honors Award Best Cinematography
  • 2014: Cinema for Peace Awards Best Documentary
  • 2014: Nomination: Golden Trailer Award
  • 2014: Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award for the best sound editor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill and Rick Rowley's New Film Exposes Hidden Truths of Covert US Warfare - havanatimes.org
  2. ^ About the film . In: dirtywars.org . Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 10, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dirtywars.org
  3. ^ Andrew O'Hehir: Obama's "Dirty Wars" - and a soiled presidency . June 9, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Stuart, Tessa (June 10, 2013). "Jeremy Scahill's" Dirty Wars "And The Very Dark Side Of American Military Intervention". BuzzFeed. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Egner, Jeremy (June 6, 2013). "His Target Is Assassinations". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Called August 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ Stuart, Tessa (June 10, 2013). "Jeremy Scahill's" Dirty Wars "And The Very Dark Side Of American Military Intervention". BuzzFeed. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ René Martens: America's Secret Murders. In: Zeit Online . November 28, 2013, accessed December 3, 2015 .
  8. ^ Dirty Wars (2013) . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  9. ^ Dirty Wars Reviews . In: Metacritic . Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ Dirty Wars timeout
  11. ^ Dirty Wars. Sundance Film Festival , 2013, archived from the original on October 7, 2014 ; accessed on December 3, 2015 .