Dirty Wars
2013 · Movie · NR · 87 min · ★ 7.0 · 80% critics
An investigative journalist follows leads across conflict zones to uncover what’s happening behind America’s expanding covert operations. As the reporting deepens, the film questions how secret raids and targeted actions are justified, and whether the response to terrorism is colliding with the laws meant to limit government power.
Based on Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-01-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (154 votes)
About
If you like investigative documentaries that dig into government secrecy and moral gray areas, this may click, especially if you enjoyed Wormwood or The Keepers; Not for you if you want light viewing or dislike bleak, angering subject matter.
Pros: gripping investigative journey; eye-opening allegations; tense, thriller-like pace | Cons: flat narration; repetitive focus at times; feels one-sided to some
Themes
- journalist
- covert operation
- terrorism
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2014 · nominated
Cast & crew
Jeremy Scahill
as Self
- NA
Nasser Al Aulaqi
- SA
Saleha Al Aulaqi
- MK
Muqbal Al Kazemi
- AB
Abdul Rahman Barman
- SF
Saleh Bin Fareed
Directed by Rick Rowley