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Alex Gibney and Sebastian Junger Weigh in on Doc World Controversy About Death of Afghan Man That Appeared in NatGeo’s ‘Retrograde’
Leading documentary filmmakers discuss the controversy about the death of a man that appeared in Retrograde -- and possible ongoing fallout from it
“In making this film, did it not occur to anyone that it might be putting people in Afghanistan in danger?” asks Foster, who navigated similar terrain while producing Gibney’s Oscar-winning documentary about a taxi driver killed on a U.S. military base in 2002. Pahuja also grappled with the best way to protect the identity of a teenager named Kiran while filming her Oscar nominated doc, “To Kill a Tiger,” about a farmer in India who forces a social reckoning after his 13-year-old daughter is the victim of a gang rape. Directors Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall explored the psychological impact of being unpaid key participants in commercially successful projects including “The Staircase,” “Hoop Dreams,” “Wolfpack,” “The Square” and “Capturing the Friedmans.”
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