''The Hornet's Nest'' is a 2014 American
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about the
Afghanistan war, directed by David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud.
The film follows two journalists,
Mike Boettcher and Carlos Boettcher (a father and son), embedded with a group of United States Army soldiers from
101st Airborne Division sent on a mission into one of Afghanistan's most hostile valleys. The three-day mission becomes an intense nine days of fighting against the enemy.
Accolades
''The Hornet's Nest'' won the Chairman's Award at the
San Diego Film Festival
The San Diego International Film Festival (SDIFF) is an independent film festival in San Diego, California produced by the non-profit San Diego Film Foundation. The main event has traditionally been held annually in the autumn at venues in the ...
in 2014.
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2014 documentary films
2014 films
American documentary films
Documentary films about the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Films about war correspondents
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
English-language documentary films
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