Battle for Haditha

This article is about the 2007 drama film about the Haditha massacre. For the massacre itself, see Haditha massacre. For the 2005 Haditha battle, see Battle of Haditha.

Battle for Haditha
Film poster
Directed byNick Broomfield
Written byNick Broomfield
Marc Hoeferlin
Anna Telford
Produced byNick Broomfield
StarringElliot Ruiz
Yasmine Hanani
Hadiitha García Puga
CinematographyMark Wolf
Edited byStuart Gazzard
Ash Jenkins
Music byNick Laird-Clowes
Distributed byHanWay Films
Release dates
  • September 2007 (2007-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)[1]
  • February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04) (United Kingdom)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Arabic
Box office$245,521

Battle for Haditha is a 2007 drama film directed by British director Nick Broomfield based on the Haditha killings. Dramatising real events using a documentary style, Battle for Haditha is Broomfield's follow up to Ghosts. The film was aired on Channel 4 in the UK on 17 March 2008.

  1. ^ "Movies about Iraq war plentiful at Toronto film festival". 12 September 2007.