How many wars has the United States of America fought, provoked and unleashed?

How many coups did he organize? How many enemies are dead, wounded, mutilated, tortured?

The answer of director Ibrahim Nash'at, in his documentary Hollywoodgate, is certain: it was the ruthless Afghans who attacked the United States. Did American soldiers only defend their homeland by building the first defensive line 11,925 kilometers from home?

Hollywoodgate was presented at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

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