Dirty Wars is an American 2013 war documentary film presented on DVD.
Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, author of the international bestseller Blackwater, journeys into the hidden world of America's covert wars, from Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia, and beyond. Part action film and part detective story, Dirty Wars is a gripping journey into one of the most important and underreported stories of our time. What begins as a report on a deadly U.S. night raid in a remote corner of Afghanistan quickly turns into a global investigation of the secretive and powerful Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
As Scahill digs deeper into the activities of JSOC, he is pulled into a world of covert operations unknown to the public and carried out across the globe by men who do not exist on paper and will never appear before Congress.
Discover the truth behind America's secret, dirty wars.
Special Features
- Breaking Out of the Green Zone (Making Of)
- Theatrical trailer
Dirty Wars documentary reviews
“The film is a documentary, pure and simple. But the movie, by director Rick Rowley, plays out like something of a murder mystery.” Washington Post
“Even after The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, this brings us chillingly closer to the real story of the post-Iraq shitstorm.” Time Out London
“Ably leads us through its extensive investigation, faltering only when the camera lingers on Jeremy Scahill for a touch too long at the expense of his interview subjects.” Slant Magazine
“It takes pains to make the political personal, forging the viewer’s identification with Scahill by making persistent use of his voiceover narration and keeping him oncamera throughout.” Variety