Again and again Iraqis cite restoring their pride and dignity as their reasons for planting roadside bombs, firing RPGs and lobbing mortars into the Green Zone.Hell hath no fury like a Muslim humiliated!
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05/23/08
Meeting Resistance (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 16
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 85 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release: Oct 19, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: This documentary about Iraq stands out from the crowd by depicting recent events in the Middle Eastern country from the point of view of the insurgents. Directors Steve Connors and Molly Bingham get remarkable access to a variety of people... [More]
Director: Steve Connors, Molly Bingham
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04/03/08
Of all the Iraq documentaries that have been released since the war began five years ago, this is the one that most seriously addresses the nature of the insurgency.
03/14/08
While there are some points of interest along the way -- such as a dissertation on the recruitment and training of resistance fighters -- we emerge from this patchwork of viewpoints with no real picture.
03/13/08
It offers no judgment, nor does it proffer a solution, but this slow-paced and vivid glimpse behind the veil is an achievement and an education.
02/16/08
This documentary does one thing and does it well. It provides first person interviews with people who were attacking U.S. military forces in Iraq in 2003.
01/23/08
Meeting Resistance is worth the effort. It tells a nuanced story of the Iraqi resistance that American media rarely has fleshed out.
01/04/08
Top Critic The problem with the film is that it makes for better journalism than cinema.
12/14/07
Top Critic A chilling rare glimpse of the U.S. Iraqi occupation from the side of the insurgents.
12/10/07
Meeting Resistance argues that the failure of the war was set in its early days, when Iraqis felt alternately abandoned and threatened by Americans, and soon after, occupied.
11/14/07
Offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of those who have dedicated themselves to ridding Iraq of its invaders, captured by intrepid reporters who risked their lives at a time when fragile trust was still possible.
10/23/07
Top Critic Although at times tedious and repetitive, Meeting Resistance is nonetheless an important journalistic document about the Iraqi insurgency.
10/19/07
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Top Critic If nothing else, Meeting Resistance should dispel any lingering misconception that the Iraq insurgency is mainly the work of outside agitators.
10/19/07
Top Critic In the brave, defiant and principled tradition of Gillo Pontecorvo's Battle of Algiers, the film is a valiant dissection of the anatomy of collective struggle, and a visionary blueprint for the end to US military madness and reckless foreign invasions.
10/19/07
Filmed during the first year of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, Meeting Resistance suffers from the same problem as the Iraq-set feature film The Situation %u2013 timeliness.
10/18/07
An eye-opening documentary that reveals the diversity and zeal of the resistance movement in Iraq to the U.S. occupation of their homeland.
10/18/07
Astonishing introduction to the Iraqi insurgents who explain why they resist occupation--a film that is a must for anybody trying to understand why the war continues to this day.
10/18/07
I think it is time for us to take a film like Meeting Resistance very seriously indeed, and to ponder its message very carefully, despite my abiding doubts about its ultimate reliability as a guide to our actions.
10/17/07
Top CriticLatest News for Meeting Resistance
May 27, 2008:
Illustrates how the best insurgency recruiting tool has been the Abu Ghraib pictures, including snapshots never released in the U.S., such as the one with MP Lynndie England laughing while pointing at the size of a naked detainee's erection. 
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October 26, 2007:
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October 19, 2007:
Daytonpundit.com: A daring documentary and firsthand eyewitness account by fearless filmmakers embedded with the Iraqi Resistance, that deconstructs the government approved pro-war propaganda of the nightly news.
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October 18, 2007:
MeetingResistance.com: Embedded with the Iraqi resistance, the filmmakers have amassed a powerfully probing and enlightening antidote to the orchestrated news of the US money media, that believes there is only one side to every story
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