My War (2018)
Género : Documental, Bélica
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 38M
Director : Julien Frechette
Sinopsis
Hundreds of Western volunteers have joined Kurdish armies in Syria and Iraq in their efforts to fight the Islamic State. What drives some Canadians to put their lives on the line?
Aborda el presunto uso de mensajes subliminales en EE.UU desde una perspectiva histórica. La historia de este tipo de mensajes comienza en los años 50 en EE.UU. Según numerosos autores y expertos, cineastas, discográficas y publicistas introducen deliberadamente contenidos dirigidos al subconsciente de las personas para manipular. Por otro lado, se analiza la presunta utilización de mensajes subliminales en anuncios de publicidad, medios de comunicación y propaganda política. Pero ¿existen realmente los mensajes subliminales o pertenece a la categoría de lo que muchos consideran leyenda urbana? (FILMAFFINITY)
Tres años después de la caída del régimen de Saddam Hussein, Ahmed, un niño kurdo de doce años, recorre con su abuela las polvorientas y solitarias carreteras del norte de Irak con la esperanza de encontrar a su padre, un soldado arrestado por la Guardia Republicana de Saddam al final de la Guerra del Golfo. Recorren caminos devastados por las bombas y se cruzan con otras personas en la misma situación; todos viajan en busca de alguien, de una nueva vida y de un futuro. Así es como conocerán a algunos aliados inesperados, incluso a un ex combatiente de la Guardia Republicana que podría ayudarles. Aunque Ahmed es demasiado joven para comprender la importancia de su viaje, su vida cambiará para siempre.
La vida ha llevado a Julián Pérez por caminos equivocados, pero el destino le presentará a este hombre la oportunidad de encontrar su redención cuando es enviado a la misión más peligrosa y noble de toda su vida, una misión ordenada por la única autoridad que todavía respeta, su madre, Doña Elvira. Julián debe viajar hasta el otro extremo del mundo, a un lugar llamado Irak, a traer de vuelta vivo, a su hermano menor el soldado de infantería Juan Pérez. Con la promesa hecha, Julián Pérez regresa a su natal Sinaloa donde reclutará a un comando de elite, destinado a cumplir una misión suicida: viajar a Irak y salvar al soldado Pérez.
"Route Irish" es el nombre de la peligrosa carretera que une el aeropuerto de Bagdad con la zona internacional de la ciudad. Estudio de las secuelas de la guerra en dos soldados británicos que se enamoran de la misma mujer y se desplazan a Irak para trabajar como contratistas privados. Cuando uno de ellos (Mark Womack) regresa a su país, experimentará profundos sentimientos de tristeza y amargura, agravados por la muerte de un amigo.
The story of a Kurdish newspaper whose journalists are under the constant threat of being abducted and killed by the state security forces.
An exploration the Arab-Israeli conflict as seen through the memories of a Syrian family as they return to the newly retaken city of Quneitra.
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
Rafea: Solar Mama follows the groundbreaking journey of one Bedouin mother living on the Jordan-Iraq border who, along with thirty illiterate grandmothers from around the world, will travel to The Barefoot College in India to become Solar Engineers. (TIFF)
Chronicles of everyday life in Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion.
Two Americans deliberately head to the edge of war, just seven miles from the Syrian border, to live among 80,000 uprooted refugees in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp.
Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) es un joven soldado de 19 años de edad, que ha participado en el Escuadrón Bravo durante la guerra en Irak. Allí, él y sus compañeros han sobrevivido a una tensa batalla, que ha tenido una amplia cobertura en los medios de comunicación. En seguida son llevados de vuelta a casa, considerados como héroes por el Departamento de Defensa de los Estados Unidos. Para celebrar el heroísmo de los ocho de los miembros del Escuadrón Bravo, realizan una gira promocional por todo el país, que termina en un espectacular show el Día de Acción de Gracias. Mientras, en contraste con las percepciones de los estadounidenses sobre el conflicto armado, Lynn evocará los trágicos recuerdos de la guerra y la pérdida de su sargento en un tiroteo.
Based on a novel by renowned Syrian author Haidar Haidar, Nabil Maleh's first full-length feature is set in Syria in the early 1900s. it is the suspense-filled story of Al Fahd (Adib Qaddoura), an ordinary peasant who becomes a lone rebel, fighting bravely against the colonial government that has usurped his land and subjects him to imprisonment, torture and insult at the hands of the gendarmes. But he declines the help that might have enabled him to overthrow the oppressors for good. The Leopard won first prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 1972 and in 2005 was selected by the Pusan International Film Festival as one of the greatest masterpieces in Asian cinema history.
Examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the film traces the U.S. role from the 2003 invasion to the current violence, showing how Iraq itself is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next.
On the brink of the 2007 U.S. troop surge, two Army Recruiters face the daunting pressures of recruitment while their own deployment is on the line. Sgt. Harris (Lew Temple) has been stationed in the recruiting office long enough for it to feel like home. On the other side of the world, a roadside bomb rips through a Humvee, and after recovering from the attack, Sgt. Mason (Clayne Crawford) gets reassigned and winds up in Harris's office. Mason wants to go back to the front lines, but he finds out that the war isn't confined to the battlefield.
Un terrorista árabe localiza una antigua tablilla de mármol negro en el desierto de Siria, después de que una expedición científica de la ONU sufriera un atentado. Semanas más tarde, la tabla se encuentra en posesión de Mayda, una joven siria que cuida a Paolo, un niño italiano de ocho años que reside en Roma. Mientras tanto, Marie, la madre de Paolo, entabla amistad con dos turistas extranjeros, Gregorio Kos y su hija Lou, centrados en la búsqueda de un antiguo tesoro que perteneció a Zenobia, una de las reinas del desierto.
Seeking to understand 'why they hate us', the US military adopts a new strategy of cultural awareness to win over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi and Afghan people. Controversy erupts when academics embed with combat troops and the war comes home to the university.
War of Lies is the story of an Iraqi refugee, whose information about portable weapons of mass destruction passed through the hands of the BND, MI6 and CIA. This information was ultimately used by the US government to legitimize the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Today we know the war was based on a lie. The press blamed Rafed Ahmed Alwan, he, though, proudly presents himself as the man who helped remove Saddam Hussein. Was Alwan really able to walk all over the worlds intelligence services and how did this lie become a convenient truth?
Soundtrack to War showcases spontaneous music performances by a striking cast of battle weary. Performances made without rehearsal, under the blaring Iraqi sun, with a destroyed city, the distraction of gunfire and bursting mortar shells forming a frightening backdrop. American culture came into Iraq, wired into its tanks and helicopters - a live soundtrack to war, with lyrics such as Let The Bodies Hit The Floor, Round Out, The Tank and Bombs over Baghdad, being memorised by every soldier and forever linked to the violent events they accompanied. As the war extended into a second year, many started writing and performing their own songs. It was rock, rap & roll.
A follow up to Under Cover aka The Company(1991. Linda Purl is again Kate Del 'Amico, National Intelligence Agent who travels to Kuwait in 1990 to investigate the possibility of an Iraqi invasion. When it is discovered that the Iraqi's plan to launch a missile of chemical warfare, the Agency must sacrifice trainee Sam Hamadi (Jesse Borrego) in order for the missile site to be pinpointed.
