Movies about Iraq

Studio 360

Kurt surveys the landscape and talks with the latest director to brave the war movie marketplace — Kimberly Peirce. Peirce’s new fiction film about Iraq,"Stop Loss," was inspired by her brother, who came back from a tour in the Army and showed her the raw real-life videos combat soldiers were making.

‘Stop Loss’ is a drama about soldiers dealing with the so-called "back door draft" that prohibits them from retiring once their required term of service is complete.

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