Retrograde

Retrograde

2022 · 94 min · EN · R · 7.0 (24 votes)
Dir. Matthew Heineman · Starring Sammi Sadat
DocumentaryWarHistory

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.

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This is a visceral, unflinching dive into the chaotic final moments of a long conflict. It feels urgent and somber, a raw, immersive document of duty, abandonment, and the profound human cost of geopolitical collapse. The experience is intense, leaving a lasting, reflective impact on the viewer.

harrowingurgentsomberchaoticreflectiveintensepropulsiveobservational documentaryraw realismimmersiveunflinchingwar's aftermathduty and abandonmentgeopolitical failurehuman costloyalty
afghanistanus armyafghanistan war (2001-2021)talibanwar journalismrefugee crisispolitical documentarywar documentary