BATTLEGROUND (SHOWTIME)

“Historically essential viewing.” – Chicago Tribune

Seven months after the U.S. invasion, Lappé and partner Stephen Marshall traveled to war-torn Iraq to follow the story of a former anti-Saddam rebel as he tracked down the family he left behind more than a decade earlier. The joy of his emotional reunions are set against an inside look at how the U.S. military was ill-prepared to deal with the growing insurgency. The NYT Magazine said the award-winning film was a “movingly human and many-sided portrait of the war.” Aired on Showtime, and various international networks. It was released by Home Vision Entertainment on DVD and distributed to Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and Netflix, among others.