Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher, activist, and filmmaker, takes you to the front lines of one of the most brutal wars of our time in his newest documentary, The Battle of Mosul.
A screening of the film will be followed by a Q&A with Bernard-Henri Lévy
The film opens on October 17, 2016, the first day of the battle to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State. It ends in mid-January 2017 with the complete liberation of the eastern half of the city, including the site on the Tigris where the Prophet Jonah is buried, a place of significance for the three Abrahamic religions.
Whether in the company of the Kurds or of the Iraqi Golden Division special forces, Bernard-Henri Lévy and his crew were present at every crucial step in the battle. Throughout the film, a question hangs in the air: Will the imminent fall of the capital of the Islamic State spell its definitive defeat?
Directed by Bernard-Henri Lévy, 2017. 53 min.
In Kurdish, Arabic, English, and French
with English subtitles
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