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HBO doco: The Battle for Marjah

natslovR

Sydney, New South Wales

7607 posts

On ABC's Sunday Best the other week they ran HBO's "The Battle for Marjah"

Unfortunately it has dropped off iview now (or was never on there). I saw it today and just needed to recommend it.

Here's the trailer.

Here's the whole thing

There's an embedded camera crew with the US marines as they moved in to Marjah in the Helmand Province to re-claim it from the Taliban in 2010. It has great commentary from the marines and civilians and seems like a pretty honest portrayal of how the street fighting is carried out over there and how some of the people involved feel about what is going on.

09:22pm 31/01/12 Permalink

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Crakaveli

USA

6004 posts

thanks for this.

09:44pm 31/01/12 Permalink

Trixxta

Sydney, New South Wales

50 posts

i saw this a while back - its really good. Also another great afghanistan film is restrepo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DjqR6OucBc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrepo_(film) by Sebastian Junger

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10:51pm 31/01/12 Permalink

arc

Brisbane, Queensland

1221 posts

Thanks for the heads up. Cool show, that Afgan kid was funny as hell.

Restrepo is worth seeing, as is Armadillo - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640680/

07:08pm 01/02/12 Permalink

qmass

Queensland

10285 posts

Holy shit, that kid (who says hes 20?) chilling out in the middle of nowhere in some old disused looking buildings with a guy he calls 'pops' (who is so old he has to be his grandad) is amazing. Says fuck the taliban and their mothers but also calls the soldier a motherfucker. Its like he was chilling in the street and the cops came and fucked with his shit. Some dog appears and he starts raging at the dog, throws a rock at it. But yeah, no fear... a bit mad about being disturbed but totally in the moment ranting like its every day shit having a bunch of marines invading your town/region and getting into a firefight down the block.

07:58pm 01/02/12 Permalink

Trauma

Melbourne, Victoria

2254 posts

Saw this a while ago but under the name of Dispatches: Bravo's Deadly Mission. Basically a brit version of the same thing, worth watching.

08:31pm 01/02/12 Permalink

dais

Brisbane, Queensland

8775 posts

I caught this the other day, it's very good.

That young fella with the attitude was beheaded by the Taliban according to the footnotes at the end of the show.

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08:38pm 01/02/12 Permalink

Timmeh

Brisbane, Queensland

1830 posts

very good watch, would rate it up there with Restrepo

11:14pm 01/02/12 Permalink

Fixah

Brisbane, Queensland

6991 posts

Is it me or does that old man at 34:35 who said there are no talibans here looked like Geroge Bush wiith a beard?

Also I found these 2 quotes from the documentary interesting and ironic at the same time:

"America seeks an end to this era of war and suffering" - Obama.
"Ultimately our efforts across Afghanistan are about changing perceptions of people" - some clueless asshole.

11:49pm 01/02/12 Permalink

IVY_MiKe

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

727 posts

I watched this the other day.

Interesting to see the whole shebang really. And considering the whole picture, I'm surprised it makes as much sense as it does (considering how much the documentary makers would have either not been told/shown or allowed to show).

I just caught wind of a couple of other new pieces 'cenematic literature':

1) a Documentary 'To Hell and Back Again'

2) is a Movie which was shot using 'currently serving Navy Seals', 'Act Of Valor':

I'm unsure of what to thing about Act of Valor... it seems kinda stupid to shoot a film this way, and excessively propagandaish in it's own capacity... but I'm curious enough to watch it...

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