Friday, March 18, 2011

"Meeting Resistance" Film About Iraqi Resistance to US Occupation

Interviews of early, diverse Iraqi resisters of the US occupation.

“A rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of those who have dedicated themselves to ridding Iraq of its invaders.”
Variety

“The documentary equivalent of a Seymour Hersh investigative story in the New Yorker!”
San Francisco Chronicle

“A powerful, fascinating documentary!”
The New Yorker

“A remarkable piece of war reporting.”
The Washington Post

Meeting Resistance

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Meeting Resistance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Molly Bingham Steve Connors
Written by	Molly Bingham Steve Connors
Distributed by	Nine Lives Documentary Productions
Release date(s)	October 2007
Running time	84 min
Country	United States
Language	Arabic and English

Meeting Resistance is a 2007 documentary film about the Iraq War. The film presents the views of eleven Iraqi resistance fighters in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad. The film was directed by journalists Molly Bingham (USA) and Steve Connors (UK).
The interviewees are all anonymous and (with one exception) faceless or out-of-focus on camera. They are presented as nicknames: The Teacher, The Warrior, The Traveler, The Imam, The Wife, The Syrian, The Fugitive, The Local, The Republican Guard, The Lieutenant, and The Professor.
The US military currently organizes showings for its forces in Iraq so they can know who they are fighting.^{[citation needed]}