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Bodyguard of Lies (2025)
Directed by Dan Krauss
Documentary · 1h 30m
Exposes the tangled web of deception spun by the U.S. government during its 20-year war in Afghanistan, revealing the campaign of lies and misinformation fed to the American public. Through shocking testimonies from government insiders, confidential documents, and private audio recordings of those at the highest levels of the military and elected leadership, this gripping documentary urges a reckoning with the wider implications of government deception on a global scale.
Crew
- Director
- Dan Krauss
- Original Music Composer
- Avey Tare, Geologist
- Editor
- Paul Snyder
- Producer
- Alex Gibney, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Brad Hebert, Susan Zirinsky, Terence Wrong, Ahmad Sharifi
Details
- Release date
- 2025-09-12
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Pushto
- Countries
- United States of America, Afghanistan
- Production
- See It Now Studios, Jigsaw Productions, Amblin Documentaries, The Washington Post