Overview
What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.
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Awards
Won the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Documentary (2011)
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film (2012)
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Music
Music by J. Ralph
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Danfung Dennis
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Danfung DennisWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 4, 2011
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Afghanistan, United Kingdom
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