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{WINNER! Best documentary, 2008 MVV Festival}

{WINNER! Golden Award, 2007 Al Jazeera Int'l Documentary Film Festival}

{WINNER! Best of the West, 2007 Hawaii Int'l Film Festival}

{WINNER! Best Documentary: Courage in Filmmaking award, Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2007}

Meeting Resistance is a daring, eye-opening film that raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraq's insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle against coalition forces. It documents for the first time the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. with unique insight into the people involved in the resistance, this acclaimed film explodes myth after myth about the war in Iraq and the Iraqis who participate. Voices which have been previously unheard - both males and female - speak candidly about their motivations, hopes and goals, revealing a kaliedoscope of human perspectives. Through its unprecedented access to insurgent and clandestine groups, Meeting Resistance is the missing puzzle piece in understanding the Iraq war- not only the toll of our occupatiion but the mindset behind those who resist.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30159 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-05-20
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Full Screen
• Original language: Arabic
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 84 minutes

Review
A rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of those who have dedicated themselves to ridding Iraq of its invaders. --Ronnie Scheib, Variety

Review
Sometimes a film serves as a potent weapon of endangered truth, dispelling official lies and giving voice to those whose collective pain has been silenced. Meeting Resistance is that film and more, an act of resistance in its own right to the US war on Iraq. --Prarie Miller, BAI Radio

Review
The film gave me a perspective I rarely see - the Iraqi side of things. They're normal people who are p---ed off because we're here and we're not welcome. --Sgt. Mike Kelley, 3rd Infantry Division

Customer Reviews

Telling the Truth
"Meeting Resistance"

Telling the Truth

Amos Lassen

On the cover of "Meeting Resistance" (First Run Features) is the question, "What would you do if America was invaded". I doubt if we have given much thought to an answer, either as a nation or as individuals since we do not think we will ever have such a situation. But this has happened in Iraq and the film is an astonishing documentary about the Iraqi war. We get to see what is behind the Iraqi insurgence by meeting those who are involved with the struggle against coalition forces. We also hear from the Iraqi citizens themselves how they feel about the occupation of their country and their homeland.
The film goes after the myths about the war and of those who participate in it. Men and women are candidly open about their hopes and aspirations and we see differing human perspectives and we learn about the heavy toll of the occupation of Iraq.
150,000 foreign troops occupy Iraq now. They have looted and killed countrymen and they will not leave. Watching this film gives a new meaning to the words "war" and "occupation". Iraqis have been forced into making horrible choices--should they leave the country if they can or should they stay and watch their relatives be killed? We also learn that America is not in Iraq because of Al Qaeda. We are there because of the amount of oil that is there and gaining an entrance to the Persian Gulf so that our availability to that oil will not be cut off. The war that we have led to believe is being fought to protect the world against terrorism is not that all and this film will open your eyes to just that.