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Feature film — 2021

Heval (2021)

7.01h 46mDocumentary

When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to fight ISIS in Syria, many see him as a selfless hero battling America's most insidious enemy. But others think he's a hot-tempered narcissist, staging a publicity stunt to further his career - and when his service ends, neither the UK nor the US welcome him back. Through incisive interviews with the actor, his supporters, his detractors, and top-tier experts - and featuring the actor's own jaw-dropping helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters - Heval gives viewers unprecedented access into a war against evil and one man's controversial role in it.

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Director: Adam R. Wood

On screen

Cast & crew

Michael Enright as self

Michael Enright

self

Macer Gifford as self

Macer Gifford

self

Rojda Felat as herself

Rojda Felat

herself

M

Manuel Roig-Franzia

self

J

Jim Dornan

self

C

Clay Lawton

self

J

Jordan Matson

self (archive footage)

W

William Denjoy

self

A

Arie Kruglanski

self

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