BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge (2004)
82 min
In late 2003, two filmmakers from the Sundance award-winning Guerrilla News Network spent three weeks on the frontlines of the simmering guerrilla war in Iraq, gathering intelligence, dodging bullets, and capturing the untold stories of what has become the world's most covered, and misunderstood, conflict. BattleGround is an irreverent journey that will challenge the orthodoxies of Left and Right, and highlight the humanity of all sides of the conflict. BattleGround will be a critical film for anyone who wants to understand the powerful forces that are sucking America deeper and deeper into a Middle Eastern quagmire. Is Iraq our generation's "Bright Shining Lie," or is it the frontline in a global battle for national survival? Or is to some combination of both?
- Release date
- October 14, 2004
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Soulsavers
Cast
- Robert Hollis as Self
- Rana al Aiouby as Self
- Farhan al Bayati as Self
- Hesham Barbary as Self
- Raed Jarrar as Self
- Fred Rudesheim as Self
- Nate Sassaman as Self
- May Ying Welsh as Self
Crew
- Stephen Marshall · Director
- Lisa Kawamoto Hsu · Producer
- Anthony Lappé · Producer
- Soulsavers · Composer
- Stephen Marshall · Cinematographer
- Leo Cullen · Editor
- Stephen Marshall · Editor