Brothers at War


1h 50m 2009

Brief Synopsis

Filmmaker Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq, risking everything--including his life--to tell his brothers' story. Jake embeds with four combat units in Iraq and is given unprecedented access to U.S. and Iraqi combat u

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
War
Release Date
2009
Distribution Company
SGF/SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

Synopsis

Filmmaker Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq, risking everything--including his life--to tell his brothers' story. Jake embeds with four combat units in Iraq and is given unprecedented access to U.S. and Iraqi combat units that takes him behind the camouflage curtain with secret reconnaissance troops on the Syrian border, into sniper "Hide Sites" in the Sunni Triangle, through raging machine gun battles with the Iraqi Army. He also follows his brothers home where separations and life-threatening work ripple through their parents, siblings, wives and children.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
War
Release Date
2009
Distribution Company
SGF/SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 50m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Limited Release in United States March 13, 2009

Released in United States May 15, 2009

Released in United States May 8, 2009

Released in United States Spring March 13, 2009

Limited Release in United States March 13, 2009

Released in United States Spring March 13, 2009

Released in United States May 8, 2009 (New York City)

Released in United States May 15, 2009 (Los Angeles)