USA,
2015, 25 min
Plots(1)
Director Henry Hughes—himself a combat veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan—vividly depicts a new translator's first day accompanying a US Army unit as it searches for a local terrorist. As she quickly discovers, her job will bring up brutal complexities as gender and religious barriers emerge with lives hanging in the balance. (Mill Valley Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Layla Alizada
Afghanistan
Best movies:
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Holiday in Handcuffs (2007) (TV movie)
Navid Negahban
Iran
Best movies:
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
American Sniper (2014)
Brothers (2009)
Alexia Pearl
Best movies:
God's Not Dead (2014)
Bad Words (2013)
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Jesse Luken
USA
Best movies:
42 (2013)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Guest (2014)