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Heval

Documentary
7.0·2021·1h 46m

When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to fight ISIS in Syria, many see him as a selfless hero b...

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Cast

Michael Enright

Michael Enright

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Macer Gifford

Macer Gifford

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Rojda Felat

Rojda Felat

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Manuel Roig-Franzia

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Jim Dornan

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Clay Lawton

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Jordan Matson

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William Denjoy

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DIRECTOR

Adam R. Wood

OVERVIEW

When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to fight ISIS in Syria, many see him as a selfless hero battling America's most insidious enemy. But others think he's a hot-tempered narcissist, staging a publicity stunt to further his career - and when his service ends, neither the UK nor the US welcome him back. Through incisive interviews with the actor, his supporters, his detractors, and top-tier experts - and featuring the actor's own jaw-dropping helmet-cam video of deadly battles with and interrogations of ISIS fighters - Heval gives viewers unprecedented access into a war against evil and one man's controversial role in it.