Baghdad is among one of the holiday vacation spots completely eradicated from my wish list, yet despite the mess there are tons of filmmakers in the documentary field making it their non-permanent home. Screen Daily reports that Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope have picked up the rights to the Sundance documentary jury prize winner.
If you are wondering why parents can’t take their children to school, then Charles Ferguson's No End in Sight describes the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jawdropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara
Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. NO END IN SIGHT examines the manner in
which the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – largely created the
insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today.
Magnolia sees ‘End in Sight’
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