Uncovered: The War on Iraq

Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)

Do you really know the truth?

The feature-length version of producer/director Robert's Greenwald's short documentary phenomenon "Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War." The film deconstructs the current American administration's case for war in Iraq through interviews with U.S. intelligence professionals, diplomats and former Pentagon officials, including a former director of the C.I.A., two former Secretaries of Defense, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and even President Bush's former Secretary of the Army.

Date of release
2004-08-20
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Documentary, History, War
Director
Robert Greenwald

Interesting facts

Uncovered: The War on Iraq is a 2004 documentary film directed by Robert Greenwald that builds the case that the George W. Bush administration intentionally deceived the American people in order to justify going to war in Iraq in 2003.

Production style

The filmmakers intersperse clips from news shows that originally aired during the build-up to the war, and then debunk the points made in those clips with expert sound bites.

The information presented in Uncovered was not new to its audience, but reviews said it was organized in a useful way and built an "airtight" argument.

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