Synopsis

British director Paul Yule has reconstructed the prison uprising in a North Afghan fort, brutally suppressed by Afghan and Western troops in late November 2001. While visual documentation of the conflict against the Taliban in Afghanistan is scarce, the revolt was meticulously recorded by journalists present at the scene. Drawing on interviews with these journalists and their footage, Yule has crafted a harrowing account of the events that unfolded within the fort at the height of Operation Nobl