How we got here: The raw post-9/11 films of Greg Barker - Roll Call

“They had bombed us with airplanes. They had shot missiles. They had thrown grenades. They had shot us with all types of guns, poured gas on us and burned us. They had done everything you can imagine. So the last day … they poured water in the basement. They wanted to fill it up with water. … I think the vast majority of us had drowned, so that morning — and we were standing in the water, the freezing water in the basement for maybe 20 hours. And so after the water had receded somewhat … we began to discuss with one another — just the topic was on our minds, naturally, you know the basement was filled with the stench of bodies, and we didn’t have any more weapons,” Lindh told Pelton.

Thanks to a combination of Pelton, a group of German journalists and even grainy footage from Northern Alliance fighters, there is footage from the battle itself, bodies strewn about.

“The film is about John Walker Lindh on one level; it’s also about this battle, which was massive news at the time,” Barker said on a recent episode of the Political Theater Podcast. “So far, the war had been relatively easy, 100 forces on the ground, CIA guys, air support. And suddenly there’s this close, brutal battle that follows a prison uprising.”

Adding to the poignancy is footage of CIA officers interrogating Lindh. One of the interrogators is Officer Mike Spann, the first American casualty in what would become a 20-year commitment of blood and treasure in Afghanistan. It’s among the last moments in Spann’s life. 

“As a documentary filmmaker, it’s the best footage I’ve ever come across,” Barker said. “The film is kind of an immersion.”

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