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THE BATTLE OF MOSUL

by Bernard-Henri Lévy

SYNOPSIS

In October of 2016 the battle for Mosul, the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed capital in northern Iraq, began. With unprecedented access, Bernard-Henri Lévy and his team follow the Kurdish units and the Iraqi special Golden Division. From street to street, they fight together to regain this city of two million inhabitants. Though successful, the hopes of the Kurdish fighters might not always align with those of their allies.

DETAILS

55 mins

2017

France, Iraq

Kurdish, Arabic, English, French

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CREDITS

Director: Bernard-Henri Lévy

Producer: François Margolin

Camera: Ala Hoshyar Tayyeb, Olivier Jacquin, Camille Lotteau

Editor: Camille Lotteau

Screenplay: Antoine Bailly, Jean-Daniel Bécache, Thomas Fourel

Music: Nicolas Ker, Jeff D., Henri Graetz

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR - BERNARD-HENRI LEVY

Bernard-Henri Lévy, known most widely as a philosopher and nonfiction writer, is also a novelist, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the author of more than 40 books. Born in Beni Saf, Algeria, in 1948, he was one of the founders of the “New Philosophers” movement. A committed intellectual, he is known for his opposition to authoritarianism in its manifold forms and as a proponent of the “duty to intervene.”

Known universally as BHL, he is a columnist for numerous periodicals in France and abroad and chairs the advisory board of the French media network Arte. He is publisher of the review La Règle du jeu and manages the “Figures” collection at Grasset, a Paris publishing house.

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