Best of Q: Adam Winfield on getting caught up in The Kill Team
The Kill Team's director, Dan Krauss, and documentary subject Adam Winfield on rogue soldiers who hunted Afghan civilians for sport.
Documentary filmmaker Dan Krauss, and former U.S. infantryman Adam Winfield join guest host Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about The Kill Team -- Krauss's award-winning documentary about a rogue group of U.S. soldiers who killed Afghan civilians for sport.
The film centres on Winfield, who tried to alert the military to the war crimes his unit was committing, but was ultimately involved in the killing of an Afghan civilian. In his first media interview about the film, Winfield reflects on the culture of the kill team, his failed attempt to blow the whistle and the illegal command that ultimately landed him a three year sentence from a military tribunal.
The film centres on Winfield, who tried to alert the military to the war crimes his unit was committing, but was ultimately involved in the killing of an Afghan civilian. In his first media interview about the film, Winfield reflects on the culture of the kill team, his failed attempt to blow the whistle and the illegal command that ultimately landed him a three year sentence from a military tribunal.
Click here or on the listen button above to hear the full interview (audio runs 0:19:39) the trailer for The Kill Team in the window embedded below.