Marine Filmmaker Featured at Festival

There are many Iraq War documentaries on the market, but few are as exciting and honest as “Triangle of Death,” directed by first time filmmaker Marine CPL Folleh Tamba. Triangle of Death shares the story of the marines of Echo Company 3rd Platoon as they endured life changing experiences, fought a war, trained a nation’s army, endured daily mortar and sniper fire, and managed to survive a year in Iraq’s deadliest zone, the triangle of death. The marines of 2/24 worked together through these hardships to create the only outcome they could imagine in their world: Mission Accomplishment.

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In how many documentaries do you get to see a filmmaker who is wounded in a firefight? And in how many films do you get to see the filmmaker’s camera getting blown up by an IED? All that and more occur in this gripping, graphic and personal film. Triangle of Death will premiere at the GI Film Festival, on Sunday, March 17, 2009 in Washington DC. Co-Producer Juan Montelongo, of Wold Dog Films, will attend this world premiere representing the film, while the film’s director, Folleh Tamba will be on a ship returning for his third tour as a Marine Rifleman to Iraq.

CPL Tamba is not only a filmmaker but a decorated Marine–he was wounded while in Iraq, but refused medical help for several days so he could continue fighting along side of his fellow Marines. CPL Tamba’s parents escaped the civil war of Liberia and brought their children to Chicago to find a better life. His family found peace, prosperity and patriotism in the US and instilled those values in their children. All the Tamba children joined the military — following in big brother Folleh’s footsteps. He has a sister in the Army (who served with him in Iraq during his first tour), another sister in the Air Force, and a younger brother in the Army.

When asked why he made the film, Tamba replied, “I just wanted Americans to know the truth about Iraq. That we are making a positive difference.”

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