Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing | |
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Directed by | Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud |
Cinematography | Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud |
Edited by | Craig Renaud, Brent Renaud, Eddie Stein |
Music by | Amman Abbasi |
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Running time | 1h 20m |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Warrior Champions: From Baghdad to Beijing is a 2009 American documentary film directed by the Renaud Brothers. The films tells the individual stories of four American soldiers who lost limbs or suffered paralysis in the Iraq War, and of their training to try for a position on the 2008 U.S. Paralympic team and their journey to the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. [1]
The films features:
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