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Dirty Wars is an American documentary film which follows Jeremy Scahill, an investigative journalist and novel author traveling to Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and beyond. Through his journey, Jeremy seeks out the truth about the powerful Joint Special Operations Command. Jeremy is then forced to enter the world of secretive covert operations and conducted by the army of no existence on paper.
By emphasizing the human cost of the operation, Scahill and Rowling turn "blowback" into much more than an abstract military-political term.
June 27, 2013
Flick Filosopher
An infuriating and depressing look at how American foreign policy and warfare have been transformed in highly undemocratic ways, and a reminder of what real journalism looks like.
You become uncomfortably aware of scene-staging. How much re-enacting have we got going on here?... Once you become aware of it, this creeping subversion tends to gnaw away at the rest of the film.
This documentary is at least in theory non-political and not intended as overview of the past thirteen years. Instead, the filmmakers insist, it captures a moment in time on a downward spiral.
These wars being fought in our name may be dirty, but this courageous film reminds us that as long as we have a free press, they don't have to be secret.
"Dirty Wars" may lack the nuance and design of an Errol Morris documentary, but it is nonetheless the most important and searing documentary of 2013. See it. Talk about it.