Nick Broomfield's docu-dramatisation of the massacre of twenty-four men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq, killed by US Marines in retaliation for the death of one of their number in a roadside bomb. Characteristically broad in its approach, following as it does with equal lack of judgement the soldiers, the Iraqi families and the insurgents. A traumatic, gripping and thoughtful re-enactment of events.
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GENERATION KILL SEASON 1 DISC 1 (2007)
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'From the people who brought you 'The Wire'; Rolling Stone reporter Evan Wright was embedded with the US Marine Corps 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during 2003, the first year of the second Iraq War. This is his story.
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GENERATION KILL SEASON 1 DISC 2 (2007)
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The tale of our semi-literate, foul mouthed grunts continues;
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GENERATION KILL SEASON 1 DISC 3 (2007)
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The last episode in the first season.
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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (2007)
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Starting with the murder in an Afghan prison of an innocent taxi-driver by American soldiers, this brilliant documentary outlines the lines of command from Cheney and Rumsfeld down to those on the front line. We learn about the techniques of torture and who authorised which methods. We hear about some of the history of CIA torture methods, the irrelevance of torture to extracting information and its use as a weapon of terror and political posturing by those in power in Washington.
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