Camp Victory, Afghanistan

About Camp Victory

Camp Victory, Afghanistan tells the story of several U.S. National Guardsmen stationed in Herat, Afghanistan and the Afghan officers assigned as their mentees. These Americans along with a band of Afghans were given the enormous task of building the 207th Corps of the nascent Afghan National Army into an institution capable of providing security, stability, peace and justice to a tattered, volatile nation. Using nearly 300 hours of verité footage shot between 2005 and 2008, Camp Victory, Afghanistan, is the first film to examine the reality of building a functioning Afghan military–the initial critical step toward bringing stability and peace to Afghanistan.

About Carol

Carol Dysinger has been a feature film and documentary editor for the past 25 years. For her most recent documentary, Camp Victory, Afghanistan, Carol was the recipient of a Sundance Institute Grant, awarded to documentary filmmakers who explore the critical issues of our times with highly crafted storytelling and stylistic innovation Camp Victory, Afghanistan is the first film to examine the reality of building a functioning Afghan military-the initial critical step toward bringing stability and peace to Afghanistan. Carol’s films have premiered at the Sundance, Berlin, and Venice film festivals and have been nominated for Emmy and Academy Awards. In addition, Carol has worked as a screenwriter with scripts produced for 20th Century Fox, Disney, and HBO. She is a Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law, and a tenured Professor of Graduate Film and New Media at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.