No End in Sight
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| Directed by | Charles Ferguson |
| Produced by | Charles Ferguson Jennie Amias Audrey Marrs Jessie Vogelson Alex Gibney (executive) |
| Starring | Campbell Scott (narrator) |
| Music by | Peter Nashel |
| Edited by | Chad Beck Cindy Lee |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
No End in Sight is a 2007 documentary film about the American occupation of Iraq. The film marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning documentary film producer Charles H. Ferguson. The film premiered January 22, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film opened in limited release in the United States on July 27, 2007, playing in two theaters. As of December 2007[update], the film had grossed $1.4 million, and had been released on DVD.
To a large extent the film consists of interviews with the people who were involved in the initial Iraqi occupation authority and the ORHA (the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, later replaced by the CPA, the Coalition Provisional Authority). Thirty-five people are interviewed who have since become disillusioned by what they experienced at the time. In particular, many of those interviewed claim that the inexperience of the core members of the Bush administration — and their refusal to seek, acknowledge or accept input from more experienced outsiders — was at the root of the disastrous occupation effort. Others include former soldiers stationed in Iraq, as well as authors and journalists critical of the war planning.
Those interviewed are:
Aida Ussayran, Deputy minister for human rights in IRaq
No End in Sight is a documentary film that focuses on the two-year period following the American invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The film asserts that serious mistakes made by the administration of President George W. Bush during that time were the cause of ensuing problems in Iraq, such as the rise of the insurgency, a lack of security and basic services for many Iraqis, sectarian violence and, at one point, the risk of complete civil war.
According to No End in Sight, there were three especially grave mistakes made by L. Paul Bremer, the head of the CPA:
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