Produced by Two Rivers Pictures, the 2019 documentary film Mosul follows Iraqi journalist Ali Maula as he moves among disparate and contentious multi-faith and multi-ethnic groups that make up the Iraqi forces, examining their attempts to put differences aside in order to fight a common enemy: the Islamic State – better known as “ISIS”. The movie captures the events that took place between autumn 2016 and summer 2017, when these factions united to form an army of more than 100,000 soldiers, in an attempt to liberate the city of Mosul and its 1.3 million citizens from ISIS occupation.
Along the way, our narrator Ali Maula encounters a number of characters over the course of his journey: a Sunni tribal leader who calls himself “the Crocodile”; a lawyer-turned-warrior; a female militia leader seeking revenge for her husband’s death; a high-value ISIS detainee; and countless refugees of the brutal two year occupation.
An official selection at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival, Mosul is set for digital distribution by Gravitas Ventures in May 2019.
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