The rise of ISIS
(DVD)
Contributors
Smith, Martin screenwriter,
Hirsch, Linda, television producer.
Low, John E., composer.
Rain Media, Inc., production company.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Hirsch, Linda, television producer.
Low, John E., composer.
Rain Media, Inc., production company.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2014].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
DVD 956.054 Ris
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DVD 956.054 Ris
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2014].
Language
English
UPC
841887023221
Notes
General Note
Running time indicated on container: approximately 60 min.; actual running time: 56 min.
General Note
"[C]ontains graphic imagery of war and extreme violence; viewer discretion is advised."
Creation/Production Credits
Original music, John E. Low.
Participants/Performers
Narrator/interviewer, Martin Smith.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast October 28, 2014 as an episode of Frontline, a production of WGBH/Boston.
Description
In The Rise of ISIS, Martin Smith (Gangs of Iraq; Beyond Baghdad) draws on in-depth interviews with Iraqi politicians, and American policymakers and military leaders to explore and explain how the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) became a major force so quickly. What does it mean for the U.S. to be back in Iraq, fighting a new war on terror, less than three years after American troops pulled out of the country? Smith delivers a revelatory look at how ISIS grew out of the disaffection of Iraqi Sunnis who were sidelined and targeted by Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki after the American withdrawal. The film traces how they gained strength in Syria, how they're funded, how they operate, and how, city by city, from Ramadi to Fallujah to Mosul, ISIS swept across Iraq--seizing territory, recording and broadcasting mass executions, and drawing recruits from an estimated 80 countries. With ISIS continuing to take and hold territory in Iraq and Syria despite U.S. and coalition airstrikes, and President Obama's foreign policy legacy hanging in the balance, The Rise of ISIS is the definitive account of how the U.S. has reached this point.
Description
Examines the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and how it became a major force so quickly.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Documentary television programs.
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
IS (Organization)
Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
Nonfiction television programs.
Political science.
Terrorism -- Middle East.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorists -- Iraq.
Terrorists -- Syria.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
World history.
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
IS (Organization)
Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
Nonfiction television programs.
Political science.
Terrorism -- Middle East.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorists -- Iraq.
Terrorists -- Syria.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
World history.
Other Subjects