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Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)

Boys of Abu Ghraib poster
Directed by
Luke Moran
Genre
war film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 72 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young American soldier is assigned to a military prison in Iraq where he witnesses and struggles with the brutal treatment of detainees by his fellow soldiers.

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What happens

Boys of Abu Ghraib is a 2014 American war film inspired by the events that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003, in the background of the Iraq war. It was written and directed by Luke Moran, who co-stars alongside Sean Astin, Omid Abtahi, Sara Paxton, and John Heard. Filmmakers Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz served as executive producers on the film, which was produced by Luke Moran and Cru Ennis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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