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Breaking The Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror

Type: Feature
Released: 2003
Length: 50 min.
Directed by: John Pilger
Directed by: Steve Connelly

Crew

Producer Christopher Martin

Production Company Carlton Television

Executive Producer Richard

Full credits (Main credits only)

Themes

Status

  • Available on DVD/VHS

Synopsis:

Award winning film maker John Pilger investigates through interviews the divergences between American and British claims for their War on Terror in "liberated" Afghanistan. President George W Bush talks of the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq as 'great victories'; Pilger asks over whom and for what particular reason.

Awards

Gold Award, WorldMedia Festival, Hamburg
Nominated for Best Documentary, BAFTA (British Oscar) Awards
Honorable Mention, Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival
Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival
Freedom Cinema Festival


Synopsis:
Award winning film maker John Pilger investigates through interviews the divergences between American and British claims for their War on Terror in "liberated" Afghanistan. President George W Bush talks of the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq as 'great victories'; Pilger asks over whom and for what particular reason.
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