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WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

Program Rights Date Range
-
NOLA Code:
WIYK 0000 H1
Number of Episodes/Length:
1 / 60
Genre:
Rights End:
5/15/2029
TV-14
CC
Interconnection
Stereo
Year Produced:
2023
Version:
Base

With courage and candor, veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan share deeply personal stories from their deployments and consider the impact of their wars. Their stories, interspersed with authentic photos and video, paint a profoundly honest and compelling picture of the post-911 wars and their cost to veterans, Iraq and Afghan civilians, and America.

Program Rights

Broadcast Rights:
Unlimited
Rights Dates:
5/16/2026 - 5/15/2029
School Rights:
None
V.O.D. Rights:
Yes
V.O.D. Rights Type:
Concurrent w/ Broadcast Rights via Media Manager
Linear Live Streaming:
Yes
Non-Commercial Cable Rights:
Yes
All instances of “fuck” and “shit” will be audio edited.
Language 00:09:13;12 00:00:09;14
“We’d stop the trucks and orientate all these heavy weapons and blast the shit out of the entire area”
Violence 00:09:33;13 00:00:05;02
Sudden IED explosion
Violence 00:10:29;20 00:00:08;08
Sudden IED explosion
Violence 00:10:46;10 00:00:08;16
Image of bloody inside of vehicle after IED explosion
Language 00:13:09;14 00:00:01;10
“On your fucking face”
Violence 00:15:11;09 00:00:09;23
Image of 6 children’s bodies lined up on the ground, ready for burial.
Violence 00:16:44;16 00:00:04;13
Sudden IED explosion
Language 00:17:58;18 00:00:12;20
“it was like, you know, ah, an aw fuck moment, you know?
Language 00:20:00;10 00:00:01;14
“It’s just saving our own ass”
Language 00:24:38;05 00:00:17;08
“he’s like, I had to go to the hospital… and you’re like, aw fuck.”
Language (regarding child sexual abuse) 00:32:28;19 00:00:02;19
“Child sexual abuse, right, child rape”
Language (regarding child sexual abuse) 00:32:58;12 00:00:14;11
“When I walked in the house I walked in to an elder with a young boy, sexually molesting him”
Onscreen text (regarding child sexual abuse) 00:33:39;08 - 00:00:10;23
Onscreen text: “Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan…”
Violence 00:40:08:09 00:00:22;16
Aerial shot of Afghan house exploding; onscreen text: “Ten civilians killed, including seven children"
Language 00:40:14;12 00:00:03;07
“…and only makes mistakes occasionally. It’s bullshit.”
Violence 00:40:41;14 00:00:07;12
Three wrapped corpses in back of truck, one face visible. Text: “US airstrike killed at least ten civilians, including children”
Violence 00:40:49;01 00:00:07;11
Ten bodies completely wrapped in tarps. Text: “US airstrike killed at least 33 civilians”
Violence 00:42:29;02 00:00:22;21
Several bodies wrapped in black plastic. Text: Number killed by violence in Afghanistan and Iraq
Violence 00:42:51;23 00:00:07;08
Aftermath of car bomb, blood on ground
Violence 00:43:08;00 00:00:09;21
Iraqi woman weeping; bodies covered by plastic tarps
Violence 00:42:27;13 00:00:08;22
Weeping father touches face of dead child in coffin
Violence 00:43:45;14 00:01:01;15
Helicopter surveillance footage from Wikileaks ‘Collateral Murder’ video. Van with two children pulls up in war zone, men get out to pick up wounded. Helicopter asks for and receives permission to fire. Fires. Gunshots destroy van, kill or wound men on ground.
Language 00:44:22:21 00:00:01;18
“…picking up the bodies…” “Fuck”
Violence 00:44:57;14 00:00:22;08
Grainy cell phone footage, firefight in Iraq. Marines fire from roof as car drives up & man gets out, runs into building. Marine cries, “Yeah bitch, you’re fucking gone,” “Dude lookit we fucked those people all to shit down there,” “I fucking ripped ‘em,” “I shot that dude in the white car, ran into the fucking building”
Violence (suicide) 00:48:17;07 00:00:59;07
Veteran talks about fellow veterans who’ve killed themselves, recounts their terrible war experiences.
Implied violence 00:54:59;18 00:00:52;21
Montage of faces (close ups) of soldiers & Marines killed in Iraq or Afghanistan

Program Contacts

Catue Foertsch
United States

Support for this film was made possible by more than 175 individuals.
A complete list of funders is available at www.whatiwantyoutoknow-film.com.