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Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of Britain’s biggest ever public inquiries, the Al-Sweady Inquiry.
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90 min
2021-05-12
Released
English
128
6.8
Brian Wood
Phil Shiner
Lucy Wood
Gavin Wood
Patrick O'Connor
Stella Marshall
Deena Aayari
Sgt Gail Lennox
Young Brian
Margaret Wood
Bailey Wood
Rushforth
Falconer
High Ranking Military Officer
Mazin
Police
Ellen Chambers
Hussein
Spud Tatawaqa
5.8
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7.1
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7.5
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6.7
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6.8
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6.1
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6.0
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0.0
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5.2
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