The Hornet's Nest

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The Hornet's Nest
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Directed byDavid Salzberg
Christian Tureaud
Produced byChristian Tureaud
David Salzberg
Production
companies
HighRoad Entertainment
BASE Productions
Distributed by Freestyle Releasing
Release date
  • May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$307,244 [1]

The Hornet's Nest is a 2014 American documentary film about the Afghanistan war, directed and produced by David Salzberg and Christian Tureaud.

Contents

The film follows father and son journalists Mike Boettcher and Carlos Boettcher, embedded with a group of United States Army soldiers from 101st Airborne Division sent on a mission into Kunar Province's Barawala Kalay Valley, one of Afghanistan's most hostile valleys. The three-day mission becomes an intense nine days of fighting against the enemy. [2] [3]

Accolades

The Hornet's Nest won the Chairman's Award at the San Diego Film Festival in 2014. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Hornet's Nest (2014)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Gary Goldstein, "Afghanistan war documentary 'The Hornet's Nest' embeds you", Los Angeles Times , May 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Shawn S. Lealos, "Oklahoman's film shows what is happening in the war in Afghanistan", The Oklahoman , May 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Dale's Corner: Honoring Our Military Through Film". San Diego International Film Festival SDiFF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.


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