Filmmaker Carol Dysinger Explains Camp Victory

Filmmaker Carol Dysinger

Camp Victory Afghanistan follows several soldiers — Afghan and American — across the divide of language, culture, and religion as they attempt to accomplish a near impossible task: crafting a modern army to serve a struggling nation. Filmmaker Carol Dysinger provided BTB with some backround on the project. Camp Victory airs this month on Public Television.

In 2001 we went into Afghanistan with the support of the world, it seemed. By 2003 we were doing regime change and Afghanistan disappeared behind the news of our adventures in Iraq. By 2005 it was like they were one thing.  One nightmarish mistake. But they weren’t the same.

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