Heval
Heval

Heval

7.0(4 votes)
2021
1h 46m
Documentary

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.

Production

CuriosityStream, Mafficking Pictures, LINK Entertainment, Jupiter Entertainment, Sky Studios

Cast

Michael Enright

Michael Enright

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Macer Gifford

Macer Gifford

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Rojda Felat

Rojda Felat

herself

Manuel Roig-Franzia

Manuel Roig-Franzia

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Jim Dornan

Jim Dornan

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Clay Lawton

Clay Lawton

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Jordan Matson

Jordan Matson

self (archive footage)

William Denjoy

William Denjoy

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Arie Kruglanski

Arie Kruglanski

self

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