Behind the scenes
Summary
The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+6)
Critics 85Audiences 79GoodWatch 71
Tomatometer93%
Metascore76
Audience score84%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 34 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9694Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2022
October 17, 2022
4 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryWarHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PersianMade in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Matthew Heineman Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Production · 14
- Carolyn Bernstein Executive Producer
- Nina Fialkow Executive Producer
- Baktash Ahadi Executive Producer
- Joedan Okun Executive Producer
- David Fialkow Executive Producer
- Caitlin McNally Producer
Camera · 1
- Ross McDonnell Additional Photography
Editing · 7
- Pablo Garza Editor
- Seth Ricart Colorist
- Ruella Rouf Associate Editor
- Daniel Toman Associate Editor
- Joe Degrand Associate Editor
- Alex Linzmeier Associate Editor
Sound · 4
- H. Scott Salinas Music
- Tristan Baylis Supervising Sound Editor
- Logan Stahley Musician
- Ignacio Bonet Sound Effects Editor
Other crew · 3
- D. Chris Smith Additional Music
- Adriana Banta Thanks
- Tomas Videla Additional Music
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