This is one of the longest interviews I’ve ever posted on KMR. It may be one of the densest, as well, and it is certainly one of the most thought-provoking. Steve Connors and Molly Bingham’s experiences before, during, and after making their remarkable documentary, MEETING RESISTANCE, are as compelling as the film itself in which Iraqi resistance fighters to talk candidly to them about why and what they do in the name of national pride. When we talked on January 4, 2008, the one thing I wasn’t expecting from these intrepid filmmakers was their mordant sense of humor about how it all came together. I wasn’t the least bit surprised, though, at the passion they had for the subject matter, and for the official American line that is so at odds with what they found there. The conversation covers finding people willing to talk, what it was like screening the film for military intelligence, and walking that daunting line between emotional involvement and journalistic detachment
Your Thoughts?