The New York
Times :
"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" emerges as an uncommonly sober,
well-researched film of its type."
The Christian
Science Monitor :
"Consistently persuasive, Hidden Wars of Desert Storm is well
worth seeing by anyone concerned about contemporary world
event."
Time Out New
York :
"This is strong, muckraking stuff, the kind that leaves you
wondering who the good guys are."
TV Guide
On-line movie database :
"Ungerman and Brohy's earnest, muckraking documentary is an
eye-opening history of the cozy relationship the US has long
shared with Saddam."
The Village
Voice :
"Those with an interest in true crime should attend the documentary
opening this week at Cinema Village."
The Boston
Globe :
"Hidden Wars offers a convincing, powerful argument that Operation
Desert Storm was a politically motivated attack on Iraq."
The Harvard
Film Archive :
"This wrenching work is a compelling interrogation of the moral
relativism of US foreign policy."
The Midnight
Sun (Olympia, WA) :
"A documentary with the power of a gut-punch..."
Change-Links
(Los Angeles) :
"I encourage everyone reading this article to go and see for
yourself."
Le Monde
(France) :
"Two independent journalists investigate the war against Iraq
and how the US benefited from this war."
L'Express (France)
:
"Hidden Wars is a documentary not to miss for any reason."
Le Figaro
(France) :
"Never before did a documentary shake so much the official
rhetoric about the Gulf War. This investigation is clear,
accurate and didactic without being ever boring."
Le Nouvel Observateur
(France) :
"A new, enlightening investigation shows that the Gulf War was
primarily politically motivated."
Liberation
(France) :
"This new American investigation reveals a wide cover-up."
La Liberte
(Switzerland) :
"This powerful documentary will show on ARTE on January 17th,
2001."
Le Temps
(Switzerland) :
"This film reveals all the extent of the manipulation."
La Suisse (Switzerland)
:
"This controversial film is absolutely astounding."
L'Histoire
(France) :
"Hidden Wars is one of the best investigative documentary
films ever made."
Telerama (France)
:
"Never before did a documentary look so closely at the origins
and at the hidden interests behind the Gulf War."
Midi Libre
(France) :
"Riveting like a thriller, enlightening like a rare document."
The Columbia
Journal (Canada) :
"If you're a bit behind on your Gulf War scandals, this is the
perfect place to catch up. "Hidden Wars" deals in depth with
the unheard questions of the Gulf War. It is a dynamic expose
about what really went on in Iraq."
Jornal de
Santa Marinha (Portugal) :
"This documentary shows with many relevant interviews and
documents the origins of the Gulf War and its dire consequences."
Terras da Beira
(Portugal) :
"Both moving and informative, this documentary answers many
questions about the Gulf War."
Information
(Denmark) :
"No other film has better documented how complex and schemeful
the Gulf War actually was."
Berlingske
Tidende (Denmark) :
"Hidden Wars gives a timely look at the US World Order and shows
how strategic and oil considerations led to the Gulf War."
Cineaste
Magazine :
"Hidden Wars..." reveals unflinchingly the degree to which
humanitarian considerations are never enough to change military
policy."
France-Amerique"
(New York edition):
"An
enlightening testimony about the Gulf War, its causes and consequences
(...) A one-night show not to miss at the Sutton Theater, NY.