''Meeting Resistance'' is a 2007
documentary film about the
Iraq War. The film presents the views of eleven
Iraqi resistance fighters in the
Adhamiyah
Al-Adhamiyah ( ar, الأعظمية, ''al-aʿẓamiyyah''; BGN: ''Al A‘z̧amīyah''), also Azamiya, is a neighborhood and east-central district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad.
Adhamiyah ne ...
neighborhood of
Baghdad. The film was directed by journalists
Molly Bingham
Mary C. "Molly" Bingham is an American journalist and filmmaker.
Early life
Molly Bingham grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and went to Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, before getting her BA in 1990 at Harvard College in Medieval ...
(United States) and
Steve Connors
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Notable people with the name include:
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(UK).
The interviewees are all anonymous and (with one exception) faceless or out-of-focus on camera. They are presented as nicknames: The Teacher, The Warrior, The Traveler, The Imam, The Wife, The Syrian, The Fugitive, The Local, The Republican Guard, The Lieutenant, and The Professor.
The US military currently organizes showings for its forces in Iraq so they can know who they are fighting.
See also
*''
BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge''
External links
''Meeting Resistance''Official website
*
Video
Interview with Bingham and Connors from ''Democracy Now!'' program, October 18, 2007
2007 films
American documentary films
Documentary films about the Iraq War
American independent films
2000s Arabic-language films
2000s English-language films
2007 documentary films
2007 independent films
2007 multilingual films
American multilingual films
2000s American films
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