A story that’s stranger than fiction! An insider account of Operation Gideon, the failed 2020 coup attempt in Venezuela, as told by former US Army Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, a three-time Bronze Star recipient who organized the ill-fated mission along with his ragtag group of roughly 60 insurrectionists and mercenaries. A mission to overthrow the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro that was conceived out of a WeWork in Miami – what could go wrong?

Filmmakers Billy Corben and Jen Gatien do a skillful job of exploring the shadow world of deception and deniability that surrounds these figures. Corben has deep experience covering Miami outlaws in films such as Cocaine Cowboys. With Men of War, Corben and Gatien raise overarching questions about what happens when governments program soldiers for violence, then set them loose.

Following the screening we held an exclusive Q&A with Director, Billy Corben and Producer, Alfred Spellman.