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Veteran's Day Special: Coming Down to Earth with "Occupation: Dreamland"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Dead, Veteran's Day, American Soldiers, Fort Hood, Carol Smaldino, Pakistan, Independent Spirit Awards, Ian Olds, Fort Hood Shootings, Afghanistan War, Occupation-Dreamland, Garrett Scott, 82nd Airborne, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

The massacre at Fort Hood is a stark reminder of the need to guard against becoming numb against the horrors our soldiers face in war. Fortunately, the film "Occupation: Dreamland" fills that void.

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Fixer Tells The Story Of The Afghan War Through One American Journalist And His Biggest Asset

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan War, Obama Afghanistan, Ian Olds, Christian Parenti, War Wire, Fixer the Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi, Fixer Ajmal, Fixer, Fixer Taking of Ajmal, World News
Hanna Ingber Win

The HuffPost sat down with Christian Parenti to talk to him about the film, Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi, modern war reporting and why he thinks Obama's current Afghan policy is bound to fail.

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HuffPost Review: Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Katya Wachtel | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Christian Parenti, Afghanistan, Mullah Omar, Kabul, Fixer Documentary, Shia, Taliban, James Nachtwey, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, Kalashnikov, Kandahar, Mullah Dadullah, NATO Afghanistan, Nato, Taliban Beheading, Fixer, Ian Olds, Ajmal Naqshbandi, Rolodex, Northern Pakistan, Occupation Dreamland, Journalists, Foreign Correspondents, Journalists Afghanistan, World News
Katya Wachtel

This is the story of one of the thousands of silhouettes who roam war-zones every day so that we, thousands of miles away, can grasp what is happening on the front-line of wars that affect life on this continent too.

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Interview with Fixer Director Ian Olds: Afghanistan, History and Winning Best Documentary at Tribeca Film Festival

Robyn Hillman-Harrigan | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: History, Tribeca Film Festival, World, The Brooklyn Socialite, Afghanistan, Documentaries, Ian Olds, Ajmal Naqshbandi, Afghanistan War, World News
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan

I caught up with the film's director, Ian Olds for a lively conversation about Fixer, the state of politics in Afghanistan, historiography and how it feels to have been in two war zones in the past few years.

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