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Grand-Prize winner at the
2000 Cine Eco International Film Festival in
Seia, Portugal
On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait,
triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union
era. But was this invasion a surprise in the first place? Were all
diplomatic means really utilized to try to resolve the issue peacefully?
Was there any threat from the part of Iraq against Saudi Arabia or against
any of the other Gulf states? Why wasn't Washington's rhetoric against
Saddam ever matched by any real support to the Iraqi opposition groups?
What purpose can the embargo over Iraq serve if it is not to weaken Saddam
Hussein, a result it has evidently failed to achieve to this day? What is
true behind this mysterious "Gulf War Syndrome" that goes on affecting
hundreds of thousands of Gulf War veterans and local populations and more
and more of them every day?
A two-year investigation, "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" brings answers to
all of these questions, basing itself on documents never seen before on
television and backed by interviews of such prominent personalities as
Desert Storm Commander, General Norman Schwarzkopf, former US Attorney
General Ramsey Clark, former UN Iraq Program Director Denis Halliday,
former UNSCOM team-leader Scott Ritter and many others. A large selection
of archival footage, moving images recently brought back from Iraq, an
original soundtrack scored by acclaimed composer Fritz Heede and the
narration by two-time British Academy Award-winner, actor John Hurt, all
contribute to making "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" a fast-paced,
informative documentary while resolutely accessible to a general audience.