Point and Shoot

Point and Shoot 2014 Directed by Marshall Curry

At first glance, Matthew VanDyke—a shy Baltimore native with a sheltered upbringing and a tormenting OCD diagnosis—is the last person you’d imagine on the front lines of the 2011 Libyan revolution. But after finishing grad school and escaping the U.S. for "a crash course in manhood," a winding path leads him just there. Motorcycling across North Africa and the Middle East and spending time as an embedded journalist in Iraq, Matthew lands in Libya, forming an unexpected kinship with a group of young men who transform his life. Matthew joins his friends in the rebel army against Gaddafi, taking up arms (and a camera). Along the way, he is captured and held in solitary confinement for six terrifying months.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gnere Documentary

Production Companies The Orchard , ITVS International , P.O.V./American Documentary , Marshall Curry Productions

Release Date 19 April 2014

82 mins