The Triangle of Death
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Director Folleh Shar Tamba Screenplay Folleh Shar Tamba Country United States | 6.8/10 Genre Documentary Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13) Cast Bryan Malloy, Juan Garcia, Mark Gannon, David Kasher Music director Thomas Hartmann, Thomas Pace Producers Folleh Shar Tamba, Juan Montelongo, Thomas Hartmann |
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The Triangle of Death, directed by Folleh Shar Francis Tamba, is a 2009 documentary about the Iraq War.
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The film documents the first Iraqi election in 2005 after the fall of Saddam Hussein by an infantry rifleman on his first tour of duty as a combat troop. The Triangle of Death is a fast paced picture that documents the day to day combat experiences of the riflemen of Echo 3rd Platoon from 2nd battalion 24th Marines of the United States Marine Corps while deployed in the Iraq Sunni Triangle of Death, in 2004-2005 which was the most dangerous place on earth at the time. The Triangle of Death is a name given during the 2003–2010 occupation of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces to a region south of Baghdad which saw major combat activity and sectarian violence from late 2004 into the fall of 2007. For 94 pounding minutes the film puts the viewer right at the tip of the spear on the ground, in the middle of combat action. You are there; traveling in the convoys through several large towns in the Mahmudiya District including Yusufiyah, Mahmoudiyah, Iskandariyah and Latifiyah. The major terrain feature of the Triangle of Death is the Euphrates River, which borders the Triangle to the southwest, going house to house, battling from the rooftops, getting hit by indirect fire, mortars and IEDs. The Triangle of Death is a cinema virtue documentary which tells the story of a marine reserve units during their tour of duty in Iraq and made the first national Iraqi election happen through blood, tears and sweat.
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