Unflinching and urgently relevant, Bodyguard of Lies rips the veil off one of the most costly and controversial chapters in recent American history: the war in Afghanistan. Featuring candid and often shocking testimonies from those once on the inside, the film delivers a precise and piercing account of systemic deception — laying bare the systems by which lies, misinformation and manipulation are fed to the American public.

What emerges is not just an exposé of political failure, but a searing dissection of the staggering deceptions made to the American people. Confidential documents, government insiders and leaked audio recordings are used with surgical investigative clarity, as Bodyguard of Lies holds a mirror to the institutions that orchestrated the narrative, asking questions of the vanishing accountability and truth when government deception takes place on this large of a scale.—Cara Cusumano

Dan Krauss