British filmmaker Nick Broomfield joins Amanda Palmer for an insightful Q&A about his film Battle for Haditha.
Based on the actual events of November 19, 2005, Battle For Haditha recreates the massacre of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians by a platoon of US marines. The soldiers attacked the Iraqis, including women and children, in retaliation for a roadside bombing that killed one of their colleagues.
In the Q&A, Broomfield talks about his thoroughly original approach to fact-based drama, his feelings about the attempted cover-up, and the blurring between reality and fiction that occurs when actors have first-hand experience of situations they are re-creating.
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