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Hell and Back Again

Year 2011
Runtime 88 mins
Language English
Alberta Premiere

Danfung Dennis was a photojournalist covering the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan when he had a revelation. “I found that I was unable to capture the brutal realities on the ground,” he told indieWIRE. “The public was numb to these same images of war and the traditional media outlets were not committed to their coverage of the conflicts.”

Customizing gear built for still photography, he returned to Afghanistan with the intention of conveying what he witnessed as honestly and truthfully as possible. The result is one of the great recent films about war, a visually arresting and intimately powerful story of soldiers in battle and at home, that does the impossible: it shakes our shell-shocked senses with the brutal realities of war and the profundity of human resilience, love and compassion. - Sean Farnel, Hot Docs


Awards
World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary – Sundance Film Festival 2011
World Cinema Cinematography Award– Sundance Film Festival 2011
Best Film of the Documentary Competition — Moscow Int’l Film Festival 2011
Harrell Award for Best Documentary- Camden International Film Festival 2011
Festivals
Hot Docs 2011
Sundance Film Festival 2011
Director
Danfung Dennis
Executive Producer
Dan Cogan, Karol Martesko-Fenster Gernot Schaffler, Thomas Brunner
Producer
Mike Lerner, Martin Herring
Editor
Fiona Otway
Music
J. Ralph & “Hell And Back” Performed By Willie Nelson
Cast
Featuring: Sergeant Nathan Harris, Ashley Harris
The Marines Of Echo Company 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment