Months after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Michael Tucker began filming the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (known as the Gunners) in Baghdad. The unit was housed in a bombed-out palace on the banks of the Tigris that they named Gunner Palace. Rather than just making a movie about the men, Tucker suggested that they make a film together — an offer that the soldiers quickly embraced.
– Film by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker