Documentary HackRetrogradeBy Matthew Heineman
In a Nutshell
In this 2022 documentary chronicling the final stages of the war in Afghanistan, director Matthew Heineman captures the human tragedy behind the country's fall to the Taliban.
Favorite Quote
The Taliban used the script of the Holy Quran for their own political interest. Trying to control and govern the ethics and the rule of life for everyone else. This society wants to be free. They know that under the Taliban … they will be enslaved to those terrorist ideas.
General Sami Sadat
Introduction
In this 2022 National Geographic documentary, director Matthew Heineman offers a new perspective on the men who fought to protect Afghanistan in the final months of the war in 2021.
Seen through the lens of both American and Afghan soldiers, Retrograde presents an intimate view of the challenges they faced when the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan.
Heineman is an award-winning filmmaker who has documented some of the most critical and controversial issues of our times.
Retrograde was shortlisted in the Academy Awards' Documentary Feature Film category for 2023.
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