Doc director Matthew Heineman on his first narrative film, 'A Private War'

Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 8 a.m.

In his career as a documentary filmmaker, Matthew Heineman has criss-crossed the country, followed Syrian activists in exile and embedded with vigilantes fighting Mexican drug cartels. His newest film, \u2018A Private War\u2019 is an adventure of a different kind--a narrative feature about war correspondent Marie Colvin. He tells us about using techniques he learned doing documentaries to make his first narrative film.