Mini Fall Film Festival: Retrograde

Documentary directed by Matthew Heineman. U.S.A., 2022. Running time: 1 hr. 34 min.

Followed by a prerecorded Q&A with director Matthew Heineman.

From Kabul Airport to Helmand Province, this new documentary from director Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land, The First Wave) chronicles the consequences of the U.S. government’s April 2021 decision to withdraw American troops from its 20-year Forever War in Afghanistan. Embedded with a unit of U.S. Army Green Berets working with Afghan general Sami Sadat and his officers, Heineman takes risks few other filmmakers dare, capturing unfolding tragedy, as well as the day-to-day business of modern warfare, with the honest, unflinching, boots-on-the-ground perspective for which his work is known.