Battle for Haditha

Battle for Haditha
Director
Nick Broomfield
Country
United kingdom
Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Nick Broomfield / Anna Telford / Marc Hoeferlin
Cast
Elliot Ruiz / Falah Abraheem Flayeh / Yasmine Hanani / Duraid A. Ghaieb / Eric Mehalacopoulos
Production
Lafayette Film Limited

Storyline

November 19th 2005, Haditha, Iraq. Iraqi insurgents bomb a convoy of US Marines, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. Enraged by this loss, his young Marine buddies carry out a brutal retaliation. Their violent house-searches lead to the massacre of 24 people, many of whom are women and children - tragic casualties of a war they cannot control. The Marines too are victims, attacked, wounded, and forced to respond in the way they have been trained. Can Marines in the line of fire be accused of murder?

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2007
Official Selection
Silver Shell for the Best Director (Nick Broomfield)
Special Mention - Signis Award