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Release Date:
January 23, 2016
Original Title:
Jim: The James Foley Story
Alternate Titles:
Jim
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
HBO Documentary Films
Kunhardt Films
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 111
In August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as he knelt beside an ISIS militant dressed in black. That image challenged the world to deal with a new face of terror. And it tested one American family. Seen through the lens of filmmaker Brian Oakes, Foley’s close childhood friend, Jim takes us from small-town New England to the adrenaline-fueled front lines of Libya and Syria, where Foley pushed the limits of danger to report on the plight of civilians impacted by war.
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Associate Producer:
Chris Chuang
Director:
Brian Oakes
Director of Photography:
Clair Popkin
Matthew Vandyke
Editor:
Aleks Gezentsvey
Executive Producer:
Peter W. Kunhardt
Jacqueline Glover
Sheila Nevins
Original Music Composer:
Dan Romer
Saul Simon MacWilliams
Osei Essed
Producer:
Eva Lipman
George Kunhardt
Teddy Kunhardt
Screenplay:
Chris Chuang
Brian Oakes
Heather MacDonald
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