Fallujah
The infamous battle of Fallujah is told by eye-witness accounts from journalists, soldiers and civilians.
At the start of the Iraq War in 2003, over 600 journalists and photographers are given permission by the US government to follow the war as embedded reporters. Dexter Filkins and photographer Ashley Gilbertson are working for the New York Times when they enter Fallujah with Bravo Company in November 2004.
It is the most intense battle of the entire war and the biggest the marines have fought since Vietnam. For the duration of the battle, both journalists live with the marines, filing their stories as they are constantly shot at. Illustrated by thousands of photographs taken by Gilbertson that week, many of them never before published, as well as unseen material taken by the marines themselves, this film takes viewers into the heart of the battle. Gilbertson’s decision to capture an image of an Iraqi sniper shooting from inside a minaret changes not only his life but the lives of the soldiers with him.
Nidhal Abed has lived in Fallujah her entire life. On 4 November 2004, her two-year-old son Mustafa is running a high fever. She leaves her home to take Mustafa to the doctors just a few streets away. What happens next ensures their lives are also never the same again.
With unique archive of the battle itself, this story is told through the marines, journalists and residents of Fallujah.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Andy Serkis |
Director | James Bluemel |
Editor | Anna Price |
Composer | Simon Russell |
Series Producer | Jo Abel |
Executive Producer | Will Anderson |
Executive Producer | Andrew Palmer |
Production Company | KEO Films Ltd |
Broadcasts
- Mon 27 Jul 2020 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
- Wed 29 Jul 2020 23:30
- Thu 13 Aug 2020 01:50
- Tue 26 Oct 2021 22:55
- Mon 18 Sep 2023 18:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Persian TV
- Wed 20 Sep 2023 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Persian TV
- Wed 20 Sep 2023 12:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Persian TV
- Thu 21 Sep 2023 08:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Persian TV
- Fri 22 Sep 2023 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Persian TV
- Sat 23 Sep 2023 13:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Persian TV