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.
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- CuriosityStream, Mafficking Pictures, LINK Entertainment, Jupiter Entertainment
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Michael Enright as self
Macer Gifford as self
Rojda Felat as herself
Manuel Roig-Franzia as self
Jim Dornan as self
Clay Lawton as self
Jordan Matson as self (archive footage)
William Denjoy as self
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Adam R. Wood · Director, Editor
David O'Donnell · Writer
Reid Russell · Cinematographer
Lindsay Kralovetz · Editor
Scott Rosann · Editor
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