November 2, 2023
The film depicts the last nine months of the United States involvement in the Afghanistan War before complete U.S. withdrawal in September 2021. A Q&A session will follow the screening.
Retrograde captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives: one of the last U.S. Special Forces units deployed there, a young Afghan general and his corps fighting to defend their homeland against all odds, and the civilians desperately attempting to flee as the country collapses and the Taliban take over. From rarely seen operational control rooms to the frontlines of battle to the chaotic Kabul airport during the final U.S. withdrawal, this Oscar-Shortlisted film offers a cinematic and historic window onto the end of America’s longest war, and the costs endured for those most intimately involved. A Q&A featuring Baktash Ahadi, filmmaker; Asem Shukoori, film subject; and Farida Mohammadi, a member of the Afghan Female Tactical Platoon. The film showing is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and the Carlisle Theatre. For more information, visit the website.
Further information
- Location: The Carlisle Theatre
- Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Cost: Free