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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary What would you do if America was invaded? Meeting Resistance raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle, and documenting for the very first time, the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland ...

Directed By: Molly Bingham, Steve Connors

Written By: Molly Bingham, Steve Connors

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 1 h 24 m

Meeting Resistance

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary What would you do if America was invaded? Meeting Resistance raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle, and documenting for the very first time, the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland ...

Directed By: Molly Bingham, Steve Connors

Written By: Molly Bingham, Steve Connors

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
25% Positive
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75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
25% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Worth the effort.
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70
It provides a more detailed and perhaps more reliable picture of the early movement's motives and practices than anything I've seen in the mainstream media.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
50
While no doubt a contribution in terms of historical record, the 2003-2004 timeline of the movie makes it feel out of date. This offers perspective on the insurgents then, but leaves the viewer wondering what they would be thinking and saying four years later.
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50
Proves a welcome addition to the growing body of films on Iraq, but ultimately promises more than it delivers.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Less a documentary than an unshaped document, this haphazard collection of interviews with Iraqi insurgents is both enlightening and frustrating.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Ultimately, Meeting Resistance is just one more doc about the monumental screw-up that is the U.S. campaign in Iraq.
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40
Many interviewees concede that the resistance is both disorganized and decentralized, and imply that some of the fighters are ethnic partisans jockeying for a slice of what will remain should the United States pull out.
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Production Company Nine Lives Documentary Productions
Release Date Oct 19, 2007
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline MEETING RESISTANCE enters the physical and psychological heart of Baghdad's resistance and through the narratives of eight active "insurgents" creates an exclusive, unique, and at once horrifying, compelling and insightful film about their lives, motivation, and goals, in their words.
Website http://www.meetingresistance.com/
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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