Retrograde (2022 film)

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Retrograde (2022 film)
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Matthew Heineman
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  • Matthew Heineman
  • Caitlin McNally
Based on Final months of America's War in Afghanistan
Music by H. Scott Salinas
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  • Tim Grucza
  • Matthew Heineman
  • Olivier Sarbil
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  • Pablo Garza
  • Matthew Heineman
  • Grace Zahrah
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Release dates
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  • September 3, 2022 (2022-09-03) (United States)
  • September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25) (Zurich)
  • October 2, 2022 (2022-10-02) (Canada)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Retrograde is a 2022 documentary film that covers events that took place during the final nine months of America's 20-year war in Afghanistan. The film, directed by Matthew Heineman, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 3, 2022, and was released in the United States by National Geographic Documentary Films. It began streaming on Disney+ in Canada on January 13, 2023.

Synopsis

Retrograde is a 2022 American documentary film that covers events that took place during the final nine months of the United States' 20-year war in Afghanistan. The film includes actions taken by the last American Special Forces units stationed there, Sami Sadat, a young Afghan general and his troops defending their country, and a chaotic exodus of its civilians, desperate to flee a country that will once again be controlled by the Taliban.

Release

Retrograde premiered in the United States on September 3, 2022 at the Telluride Film Festival.[1] It had its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 2, 2022.[2]

Picturehouse released the film in select US cities on November 11 in New York City and Washington, D.C., and in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Colorado Springs on November 18.[3]

The film began streaming in the US on National Geographic Channel on December 8, on Disney+ on December 9, and on Hulu on December 11.[3] Disney announced that the film will be released on Disney+ (Canada) on Friday January 13, 2023.[4]

Reception

Critical response

Retrograde was generally well received. Nicolas Rapold writes in The New York Times, "The Taliban takeover suggests a reply to the famous 1984 National Geographic cover — as if history is repeating itself with fresh suffering."[5] In posting about the Green Beret working alongside the Afghans, Sheila O'Malley publishes for the film review Roger Ebert, "The intimacy between the men is one of the most striking things about Retrograde."[6] In Variety, Peter Debruge declares that the film "brings back hi-def vérité footage that looks sharper and more artfully framed than most Hollywood features."[7]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 30 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.8/10.[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

Accolades

Retrograde, produced by Matthew Heineman and Caitlin McNally, was the winner of the Producing Award at the 2022 DOC NYC documentary film festival.[10] At the 2022 Montclair Film Festival, the film was a nominee for the Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature.[11] It was nominated for Best Political Documentary at the 2022 Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards,[12] and is currently a 2023 nominee for the 34th PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures.[13] Retrograde has been shortlisted in the Documentary Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards to be held in March 2023.[14]

See also

References

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External links

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