Dirty Wars (2013)

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.

Director:

Rick Rowley

Writers:

David Riker, Jeremy Scahill

Stars:

Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nasser Al Aulaqi	...	Himself - Interviewee
Saleha Al Aulaqi	...	Herself - Interviewee
Muqbal Al Kazemi	...	Himself - Interviewee
Abdul Rahman Barman	...	Himself - Interviewee
Saleh Bin Fareed	...	Himself - Interviewee (as Sheikh Saleh Bin Fareed)
Andrew Exum	...	Himself - Interviewee
Abdul Ghafoor	...	Himself - Interviewee
Philip Giraldi	...	Himself - Interviewee
Matthew Hoh	...	Himself - Interviewee
Patrick Lang	...	Himself - Interviewee
John McCain	...	Himself (archive footage)
William McRaven	...	Himself (archive footage)
Emile Nakhleh	...	Himself - Interviewee
Malcolm Nance	...	Himself - Interviewee
Barack Obama	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

Dirty Wars follows investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, author of the international bestseller Blackwater, into the hidden world of America's covert wars, from Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia, and beyond. Part action film and part detective story, Dirty Wars is a gripping journey into one of the most important and underreported stories of our time. What begins as a report on a deadly U.S. night raid in a remote corner of Afghanistan quickly turns into a global investigation of the secretive and powerful Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). As Scahill digs deeper into the activities of JSOC, he is pulled into a world of covert operations unknown to the public and carried out across the globe by men who do not exist on paper and will never appear before Congress. In military jargon, JSOC teams "find, fix, and finish" their targets, who are selected through a secret process. No target is off limits for the "kill list," including U.S. citizens.

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Plot Keywords:

cell phone video | cell phone | afghanistan | investigative reporter | covert operation | 

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Taglines:

A secret army. A war without end. A journalist determined to uncover the truth.

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Genres:

Documentary | Crime | Drama | Mystery | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Pushto Somali Dari Arabic

Release Date:

18 October 2013 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Brudne wojny

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$63,504, 9 June 2013, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$384,473

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$416,853

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Noise Films, Civic Bakery

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The clock on the wall of the home video was earlier during the party, NOT at the moment the house was attacked.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jeremy Scahill: Kabul, Afghanistan, four in the morning. As an American jounalist I was used to finding stories in the middle of the night. But there is always something eerie, driving through the deserted streets. A city of three million, barely a streetlight on. There was a familiar routine, waiting for the crew to light up the next set so that you could see something in the background. But what could we really see?

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Connections

Features The Rachel Maddow Show (2008)

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Soundtracks

Tashweesh (Interference)
Ramallah Underground
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records Inc.

User Reviews

Extraordinary

I am writing this review on the documentary Dirty Wars created by Jeremy Scahill. For me the purpose of this documentary was to show awareness and spread the word about this unbelievable secret group that is killing innocent people for really no reason at all. I did not expect to see that much shocking information about our own US government. Jeremy Scahill did and actually finished what some people couldn't. I was really surprised to see Barack Obama involved with the problem. For the US government to actually kill U.S. CITIZENS was very shocking to me. But overall I really enjoyed the documentary and strongly recommend it for everyone. This documentary is a message everyone needs to see.