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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
Cast
- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Self - Journalist
- Amr Al-Azm
- Self - Middle East Institute
- Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
- Self - Leader, ISIS
- Tareq Al-Hashemi
- Self - Former Iraqi Vice President
- Abdul Jabbar Al-Oqaidi
- Self - Colonel, Free Syria Army
- Zaidoun Al-Zoabi
- Self
- Mahmoud Al Basha
- Self
- Peter Bergen
- Self - National Security Analyst, CNN
- Matthew Bogdanos
- Self - District Attorney, Manhattan, NY
- Peter Bouckaert
- Self - Emergencies Director, Human Rights Watch
- Paul Bremer
- Self
- George W. Bush
- Self
- David Cameron
- Self - British Prime Minister
- Sarah Chayes
- Self
- Alain Chouet
- Self - Director, French Security Intelligence Service
- Laurent Fabius
- Self - Former French Foreign Minister
- James Wright Foley
- Self
- Lindsey Graham
- Self
- David Haines
- Self
- Amos Hochstein
- Himelf - Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs
- Lester Holt
- Self
- Saddam Hussein
- Self
- Linda Ibrahim
- Self
- Emely Issa
- Self - Linda's Mother
- Alex Jordanov
- Self
- Sebastian Junger
- Self - Narator
- George Kiourktsoglou
- Self - Professor, University of Greenwich
- Daniel Koehler
- Self - German Institute for Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies
- John McCain
- Self
- William McCants
- Self - Center for Mideast Policy
- Atef Najib
- Self - Chief of Syrian Security Service
- Barack Obama
- Self
- David Petraeus
- Self
- Vladimir Putin
- Self
- Rami Abdel Rahmane
- Self - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
- Christoph Reuter
- Self - Journalist, 'Der Spiegel'
- Christine Romans
- Self
- Charlie Rose
- Self
- Dennis Ross
- Self - Former Senior Advisor, National Security Council
- Abu Sayyaf
- Self - Senior Cleric, Jordanian Salafist Movement
- Matt Schrier
- Self
- Steven Sotloff
- Self
- David Thomson
- Self - Journalist, 'France 24'
- Teun Voeten
- Self - Journalist
- Mahma Xelil
- Self - Mayor of Sinjar, Iraq
- Robin Yassin Kassab
- Self
- Anna Érelle
- Self - Author, 'In the Skin of a Jihadist'
Produced By
- Jeremiah Bailey-Hoover
- field producer
- Ahmed Barbary
- co-producer
- Jessica Q. Chen
- associate producer
- Wjd Dhnie
- field producer
- Aysegal Duru
- field producer
- Ayar Freedom
- field producer
- Kathryn Gilbert
- field producer
- Katie Gilbert
- field producer
- Katie Gilbert
- field producer
- Bakhtyar Haddad
- field producer
- Alex Jordanov
- associate producer / field producer
- Sebastian Junger
- producer
- Gretchen McGowan
- co-producer
- Adnan Al Mohamed
- field producer
- Tim Pastore
- executive producer
- Daniela Petrova
- field producer
- Nick Quested
- producer
- Matt Renner
- executive producer
- Djaka Souaré
- associate producer
- Alexander Spiess
- associate producer
Music
Sound
- Rachel Chancey
- foley artist
- Mary Ellen Porto
- supervising sound editor
- Danny Rooney
- post audio project manager
- Michael Suarez
- dialogue editor
Editing
Art Direction
Production Management
- Ben Cheah
- post-production manager
Art Department
- Gretchen Diehl
- Graphics Designer
Animation
- Daniel Forrest Hoffman
- animator
Editorial
- John Dowdell
- digital cinema colorist
- Mona Eldaief
- additional editor
- Moaz Elfarouk
- assistant editor
- Geeta Gandbhir
- supervising editor
- Emir Lewis
- additional editor
- Amina Megalli
- additional editor
- Mariah Rehmet
- additional editor
- Jordan P.H. Stein
- finishing artist
- Matt Thompson
- on-line editor
Other
- Adla Massoud
- special thanks
Music Department
- Andrew DeWitt
- music production manager
- Benjamin Krause
- composer: additional music
Camera Department
- Jeremiah Bailey-Hoover
- camera operator
- Mahmoud Al Basha
- camera operator
- Mohammad Abo Ghaloun
- camera operator
- Tony Inskeep
- camera operator
- Javier Manzano
- camera operator
- Bara Omar
- camera operator
- Hasan Oswald
- camera operator
- Jonathan Prieur
- camera operator
- Nick Quested
- camera operator
- Mohamad Shaban
- camera operator
- Millad Shabie
- camera operator
- Bill Thomas
- camera operator
- Mohamed Zidan
- camera operator
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