Meeting Resistance

This video clip from the upcoming, award winning film from Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, Meeting Resistance, portrays a side of the Iraqi insurgency bush doesn’t want the world to see.

bush wants the world to believe that most of the attacks on our troops are coming from members of al Qaeda, but as the film shows, that is far from the case.

The insurgents featured in this film are ordinary citizens who are resisting the occupation of their country by a foreign army — which is exactly what Americans would do were we to befall the same fate.

Meeting Resistance has been shown to military personnel in Iraq in hopes of giving them a better understanding of the insurgency and the people behind it. ABC documented the experience, interviewing troops after watching the film and its message seems to have gotten through.

What would you do if your country 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 is occupied.

Voices that have previously not been heard, male and female, speak candidly about their motivations, hopes and goals, revealing a kaleidoscope of human perspectives. Featuring reflective, yet fervent conversations with active insurgents, MEETING RESISTANCE is the missing puzzle piece in understanding the Iraq war.