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The Western Front

The Western Front poster
Directed by
Zach Iscol
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a Marine officer's experience in Iraq and how the US military changed its tactics over time. The film was directed by someone who served in the war.

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What happens

The Western Front is a 2010 American feature-length documentary film directed by debut director Zachary Iscol about his experience as a Marine officer in Iraq and how the US changed its tactics in Iraq over time, produced by Radha Agrawal and Zachary Iscol, and written by Zachary Iscol. The film, the first about the Iraq War made by someone who served in it, debuted at the 2010 TriBeCa Film Festival, and screened around the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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