RSA Screens: Battle for Haditha March 4, 2008

Join us for this exclusive screening and Q&A with director Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield will be in conversation with Jonathan Rugman, Diplomatic Correspondent, Channel 4 News

On 19 November 2005, Iraqi insurgents bombed a US Marine convoy, resulting in the death of their most popular officer. Enraged by their loss, his young squadron went in search of the insurgents, violently storming a series of houses in the village of Haditha. In total, 24 people were killed, many of them women and children. A number of Marines were subsequently charged with murder, although no murder charges now remain.

This is a war film about ordinary people in an impossible situation. Months of meticulous research, including interviews with Marines, insurgents and residents of Haditha, inform the drama. Stories from all sides are brought to the forefront: the young inexperienced US Marines, many of whom had never travelled outside America, the Iraqi insurgents, and the residents of Haditha, innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire, all embroiled in a war not of their own making.

Places are free and open to all but advance booking is recommended.

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