GUNS FOR HIRE – AFGHANISTAN
| > Back |
Date: November 2005
Location: Afghanistan
Distributor: Sky One (15 May 2006) – 46 min.
Credits: directed and filmed by Claudio von Planta
Reporter and Producer – Sam Kiley / Co-Director and Producer – Jim Foster
Editor – Olivia Baldwin / Production Company – Carbon HQ
GUNS FOR HIRE – AFGHANISTAN is a highly topical 46 min. documentary about the secretive world of private military companies.
This clip shows the first 12 minutes of the film.
One of the highlights of GUNS FOR HIRE – AFGHANISTAN is a unique interview in Kabul’s Polecharki jail with the infamous American prisoner Jack Idema – an ex Marine Special Forces soldier who turned rogue. Jack was hunting for Bin Ladin in the hope of winning the 2 million dollars U.S. award offered for Bin Laden’s head by the Bush Administration. Eventually, Afghan authorities arrested Idema on charges of kidnapping people and interrogating them in a private prison.
Films
AFRICAN RAILWAYBLOOD ON THE STONE
BY ANY MEANS (2)
COMMANDO CHAPLAINS
GUNS FOR HIRE - AFGHANISTAN
GUNS FOR HIRE - CONGO DRC
HULL FREEDOM TRAIL
KARZAN'S BROTHERS
LIVING WITH AIDS
LONG WAY DOWN
LONG WAY ROUND
NEIL'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
PAKISTAN ON THE TIGHTROPE
RACING GREEN
RAPE TRADE
REBELS OF THE FORGOTTEN WORLD
RWANDA-17 Healing a Nation
SADDAM'S LEGACY
SADDAM'S SECRET TIME BOMB
SPELL OF THE ALBINO
SURVIVING SUDAN
THE CUBA CONNECTION
THE ORGAN TRADERS
THE PEOPLE SMUGGLERS
THE SAUDI TAPES
THE THIN BLUE LINE
Copyright © Von Planta Productions | Web developement by StarGrange from an interface design by Jonathan Richards
Subscribe: Full RSS + Comments RSS
Leave a Comments »
Trackback | RSS 2.0
[…] Documentary about the secretive world of private military companies. Included is a unique interview in Kabul’s Polecharki jail with the infamous American prisoner Jack Idema – an ex Marine Special Forces soldier who turned rouge. Jack was hunting for Bin Ladin in the hope of winning the 2 million dollars U.S. award offered for Bin Laden’s head by the Bush Administration. Eventually, Afghan authorities arrested Idema on charges of kidnapping people and interrogating them in a private prison. (Excerpt from main website) […]