THE T.A. AND THE TALIBAN

An intimate portrait of Territorial Army reservists fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan. Ordinary people moving between civilian lives at home and the extreme realities of war.

Filmed in battle and at rest, the film explores what it means to move from electrician, teacher, designer or bouncer to soldier and the personal cost of moving between those two worlds.

THE RESPONSE

“Compelling, touching and an eye-opener… A lovely unobtrusive study of the relationship between men and their sons.”
— Broadcast

“The extraordinary drama of the documentary… is balanced by relatively workaday misfortunes suffered by the soldiers and by the simple yearning of a boy for his absent dad.”
— Radio Times

“Simple, powerful stuff… The stories were heart-rending…”
— The Daily Telegraph