Battle for Hearts and Minds Trailer from Danfung Dennis on Vimeo.

Independent filmmaker, Danfung Dennis was embedded with the US marines when on July 2nd, 2009 the US launched a major helicopter assault into an insurgent stronghold in the Helmand River Valley in southern Afghanistan “to break a military stalemate that had been reached with the Taliban.”
He says:

Within a few hours of landing, fierce fighting erupts and continues for the next three days, in which Lance Corporal Charles Sharp, from Adairsville, Georgia was was shot and killed by a Taliban fighter.

After the initial fighting, the Marines search for the insurgents that killed Lance Corporal Sharp. Frustration sets in as the Marines try to fight a ghost like enemy and IED’s cut them off from resupply. The Marines objective is to secure and protect the population, but the Afghan villagers complain that the fighting has driven them into desert, bombing has destroyed their homes, and intrusive raids disrespect their culture. Trying to balance their roles between warriors and statesmen, the Marines struggle to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people.

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