Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
111 min
In August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as he knelt beside an ISIS militant dressed in black. That image challenged the world to deal with a new face of terror. And it tested one American family. Seen through the lens of filmmaker Brian Oakes, Foley’s close childhood friend, Jim takes us from small-town New England to the adrenaline-fueled front lines of Libya and Syria, where Foley pushed the limits of danger to report on the plight of civilians impacted by war.
- Release date
- January 23, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Osei Essed, Saul Simon MacWilliams, Dan Romer
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Trailer
Cast
- Ben Chase as Jim - recreations
- James Foley as Self (archive footage)
- Brian Oakes as Self
- Unai Aranzadi as Self - Photojournalist
- Zac Baillie as Self - Photojournalist
- Manu Brabo as Self - Photojournalist
- Merritt Chase as Hostage
- Yuri Danilov as Hostage
- Charles DePiero as Hostage
- Tom Durkin as Self
- Mosa'ab Elshamy as Self - Photojournalist
Crew
- James Foley · Archive footage
- Brian Oakes · Director
- Chris Chuang · Writer
- Heather MacDonald · Writer
- Brian Oakes · Writer
- George Kunhardt · Producer
- Teddy Kunhardt · Producer
- Eva Lipman · Producer
- Osei Essed · Composer
- Saul Simon MacWilliams · Composer
- Dan Romer · Composer
- Rachel Beth Anderson · Cinematographer
- James Foley · Cinematographer
- Clair Popkin · Cinematographer
- Matthew Vandyke · Cinematographer
- Aleks Gezentsvey · Editor
- Alina Smirnova · Production designer