Dirty Wars
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.
29 August 1936, Canal Zone, Panama
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
April 08, 2014
Dirty Wars is challenging in a way few films are.
June 28, 2013
It makes you wonder - what don't we know?
June 14, 2013
Scahill is as much a liability onscreen as he is a fascinating source.
February 28, 2014
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.
April 06, 2016
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.
November 26, 2013
[A] gripping investigative doc, which plays out like a classic conspiracy thriller as it follows a trail of clues to the heart of darkness.
June 27, 2013
By emphasizing the human cost of the operation, Scahill and Rowling turn "blowback" into much more than an abstract military-political term.
August 05, 2015
Dirty Wars is frightening and it's not over.
February 16, 2014
"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.
June 21, 2013
Dirty Wars is essential viewing for all Americans, conservatives and liberals alike. It's intense and depressing. It'll make you angry.
February 24, 2014
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.
June 27, 2013
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.

