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The Ground Truth (2006)

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Release Date: September 15, 2006 (Limited)
On DVD: September 26, 2006
Genre: Documentary
Director: Patricia Foulkrod
Writer: Patricia Foulkrod
Cast: Patricia Foulkrod, Robert Acosta, Jimmy Massey, Jackie Massey, Denver Jones, Sean Huze, Herald Noel
AKA: Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends, The
Studio: Focus Features
Official site: thegroundtruth.org
Running Time: 72 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for disturbing violent content, and language.

"The Ground Truth" stunned filmgoers at the 2006 Sundance and Nantucket Film Festivals. Hailed as "powerful" and "quietly unflinching," Patricia Foulkrod's searing documentary feature includes exclusive footage that will stir audiences. The filmmaker's subjects are patriotic young Americans – ordinary men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq – as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The terrible conflict in Iraq,...

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The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends is one of many documentaries to hit theaters over the last year that take a look at the growing costs of the Iraq war, and by "costs" I mean the human toll and the capabilities of the United States to exert its power on other countries. Of course, The Ground Truth also begs the question: does every soldier in Iraq actually think it's a waste of time?

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