Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film “Zero Dark Thirty,” which starred Jessica Chastain as CIA analyst Maya Harris and depicted the hunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was nominated in a handful of categories at the 2013 Academy Awards and went home with an Oscar for best sound editing.
However, it’s most remembered for the controversies that surrounded it.When the United States became involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan, and began the general War on Terror during George W.
Bush administration, many curious things happened to popular culture.
Some artists and audiences who opposed the military actions looked back to protest songs of the Vietnam War, or to the punk backlash against…The post The Zero Dark Thirty Controversy, Explained appeared first on /Film.
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