Redacted (2007)


Patrick Carroll         Reno Flake
Paul O'Brien            McCoy's Father
Daniel Stewart Sherman  B.B. Rush
Kel O Neill             Gabe Blix
Rob Devaney             Lawyer McCoy
Mike Figueroa           Sgt. Jim Vazquez
Bridget Barkan          Judy McCoy
Ohad Knoller            Army Psychiatrist
Don McKellar            Voice of Criminal Investigator
Francois Caillaud       Buddy 2
Lara Atalla             Buddy 3
julie theiry            'Barrage' Narration

Directed by:            Brian De Palma
Produced by:            Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Gretchen McGowan


A fictional story inspired by true events, "Redacted" will force viewers to reconsider the 
filters through which we see and accept events in our world, the power of the mediated image 
and how presentation and composition influence our ideas and beliefs. A profound meditation on 
the way information is packaged, distributed and received in an era with infinite channels of 
communication, "Redacted" utilizes a variety of created source material--video diaries, produced 
documentary, surveillance footage, online testimonials, news pieces--to comment on the extreme 
disconnect between the surface of an image and the reality of ideas and the truth, especially in 
times of strife. Centered around a small group of American soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in 
Iraq, "Redacted" alternates points of view, balancing the experiences of these young men under 
duress and members of the media with those of the local Iraqi people, illuminating how each have 
been deeply affected by the current conflict and their encounters with each other.

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A montage of stories about U.S. soldiers fighting in the Iraq conflict, focusing on the modern 
forms of media covering the war.