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Armadillo

In 2009, Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree accompanied a platoon of Danish soldiers to Armadillo, a combat operations base in southern Afghanistan. For six months, they captured the lives of the young soldiers fighting the Taliban in a hostile and confusing environment, where official rhetoric about helping civilians too often met the unforgiving reality of being a foreign occupier.

Platoon Commander Rasmus Is Hit by a Roadside Bomb

6m 34s

In this clip from 'Armadillo,' the platoon commander is hit by an IED (improvised explosive device). He must return to Denmark in order to receive medical treatment while the soldiers continue on with their daily missions and duties.

Previews + Extras

  • Armadillo - Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Armadillo - Trailer

    S24 E9 - 2m 28s

    In 2009, Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree accompanied a platoon of Danish soldiers to Armadillo, a combat operations base in southern Afghanistan. For six months, they captured the lives of the young soldiers fighting the Taliban in a hostile and confusing environment, where official rhetoric about helping civilians too often met the unforgiving reality of being a foreign occupier.

  • Filmmaker Interview: Armadillo: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Filmmaker Interview: Armadillo

    S24 E9 - 25m 47s

    Janus Metz, the filmmaker behind the Danish war documentary 'Armadillo,' talks about filming his documentary on the front lines of the war in Afghanistan. He describes the psychological effects of war on the people who experience it firsthand, and addresses the controversial incident which has garnered plenty of attention for the film.

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