Redacted is a film written and directed by Brian De Palma that premiered at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, where it earned a Silver Lion "best director" award. . The film was shot in Jordan.
It is a drama based on the Mahmudiyah killings, the gang-rape, murder, and burning of Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in March 2006 by U.S. soldiers who also killed her parents and her younger sister. Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith. blank">"We have been silent about many crimes but we will not stand rape". _The Guardian, 20 October 2006.
In addition to appearing at the Venice Film Festival, the film was also shown at the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. The film opened in Spain, and in fifteen theaters in limited release in the United States on November 16, 2007. It is scheduled to open in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2008. So far, the film has received mixed reviews. The United States limited theatrical release had a poor response at the box office.
A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern forms of media covering the war. Written by Anonymous
