The Devil Came On Horseback exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur using the exclusive photographs and first hand testimony of former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle. His is an emotionally charged journey into the heart of Sudan, where an Arab run government is systematically executing a plan to rid the province of its black African citizens. As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. Ultimately frustrated by the inaction
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THE FOG OF WAR (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
Robert McNamara was the American secretary of defence during the presidencies of both Kennedy and Johnson, a man that history hasn't got much good to say about. In this remarkable interview McNamara attempts to cast himself in a more favourable light, but it is his revelations concerning the whys and wherefores of events such as the Cuban missile crisis and Vietnam which make the Fog of War such a hypnotic documentary. Superb.
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THIS IS WAR (2010)
Certification12 Our Rating
From previous wars we've had poetry. books, diaries and consequential films, but never before a movie edited from home video shot by a soldier. US Marine artillery officer Scotti has done something unique in this video diary of the sea voyage out, the base camp in Kuwait, the long drive up to Baghdad, liberation and the consequent collapse into anarchy, and Scotti even manages to keep the camera running during firefights. Clips from the news media are interposed to keep us up to date with the ov
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UNCOVERED: THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR (2003)
CertificationE Our Rating
A helpful little documentary charting the run up to the Iraq war and the controversies that surround it. This film features interviews with some of the major players in the conflict, with additional arguments provided by political scientists and commentators of the day, including George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern. The main focus of the film is on the misuse of information or 'intelligence', as they like to call it, and the apparent inconsistencies in the off
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