September Tapes (2004)

Original title

Septem8er Tapes

Directed by

Christian Johnston

Genre

drama film, action film, found footage film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker travels to Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11 to document the hunt for Osama bin Laden. He follows a group of men into dangerous territory and the filming becomes part of a dangerous situation.

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What happens

September Tapes is a faux-documentary feature film co-written and directed by Christian Johnston in his feature debut. An early review of the film's promotional trailer noted that the footage looked "more real than network news footage". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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