In August, 2014, a video of the general public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled throughout the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as he knelt beside an ISIS militant wearing black. That picture challenged the world to cope with a brand new face of terror. And it examined one American household. Seen by the lens of filmmaker Brian Oakes, Foley’s shut childhood pal, Jim takes us from small-town New England to the adrenaline-fueled entrance strains of Libya and Syria, the place Foley pushed the bounds of hazard to report on the plight of civilians impacted by battle.
