About our guest Michael pack

Michael Pack, producer and director of The Last 600 Meters, is President of Manifold Productions, Inc., an independent film and television production company, which he founded in 1977. Through Manifold Productions, Mr. Pack has written, directed, and produced numerous award-winning nationally broadcast documentaries as well as corporate and educational films. Mr. Pack is also the President of Palladium Pictures.

His most recent film, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, a two-hour documentary, opened in movie theaters on January 31st, 2020 and was broadcast nationally via PBS on May 18th, 2020. The Washington Post called it “a marvel of filmmaking,” and the Washington Examiner said it is “magnificent and necessary.” Also, upcoming, The Last 600 Meters, tells the story of the 2004 battles of Najaf and Fallujah, the two biggest battles of the Iraq War.

 

From June 2020 to January 2021, Mr. Pack served as the first Senate-confirmed CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees the government’s five international broadcasting networks: Voice of America, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

From 2015 to 2017, Mr. Pack served as President and CEO of the Claremont Institute in Upland, CA, and Publisher of its Claremont Review of Books.

From 2003-2006, Mr. Pack served as Senior Vice President for Television Programming at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2002, President Bush nominated and the Senate confirmed Mr. Pack to serve on the National Council on the Humanities, which oversees the National Endowment for the Humanities. He served from July 2002 to February 2005.
Mr. Pack attended Yale College, the University of California at Berkeley, and studied film at New York University. Mr. Pack and his wife, Gina, also at Manifold Productions, have three sons and reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

​Now Streaming on Amazon: The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah

The Last 600 Meters, a 90-minute documentary looking back at the Iraq War, will be broadcast nationally on PBS on the eve of Veterans Day, November 10, 2025. There is a hunger for films that celebrate the men and women fighting for our freedom that portray them objectively, without political commentary.

The Last 600 Meters focuses on two of the deadliest battles of the Iraq War, in Najaf in the South against the Shiite Mahdi militia, and in Fallujah in the West against Sunni insurgents. The film tells the story of these battles, not through narration, but through the words and deeds of those who fought there. It tells the ground truth. This compelling documentary of urban warfare is newly relevant, in light of the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
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“The Last 600 Meters reveals the infantry’s world as it has seldom been seen by those who have not experienced it. This film, uncaptured by politics or ideology, reveals the most bruising ethical environment on earth and the character of the young men that our nation sends in harms way--its infantry.” —General James N. Mattis, USMC (Ret) Former Secretary of Defense

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TO BOOK INTERVIEWS EMAIL: kimberlyt.publius@gmail.com .Michael Pack, producer and director of The Last 600 Meters, is President of Manifold Productions, Inc., an independent film and television production company, which he founded in 1977. Through Manifold Productions, Mr. Pack has written, directed, and produced numerous award-winning nationally broadcast documentaries as well as corporate and educational films. Mr. Pack is also the President of Palladium Pictures.

His most recent film, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, a two-hour documentary, opened in movie theaters on January 31st, 2020 and was broadcast nationally via PBS on May 18th, 2020. The Washington Post called it “a marvel of filmmaking,” and the Washington Examiner said it is “magnificent and necessary.” Also, upcoming, The Last 600 Meters, tells the story of the 2004 battles of Najaf and Fallujah, the two biggest battles of the Iraq War.

From June 2020 to January 2021, Mr. Pack served as the first Senate-confirmed CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees the government’s five international broadcasting networks: Voice of America, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

From 2015 to 2017, Mr. Pack served as President and CEO of the Claremont Institute in Upland, CA, and Publisher of its Claremont Review of Books.

From 2003-2006, Mr. Pack served as Senior Vice President for Television Programming at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2002, President Bush nominated and the Senate confirmed Mr. Pack to serve on the National Council on the Humanities, which oversees the National Endowment for the Humanities. He served from July 2002 to February 2005.
Mr. Pack attended Yale College, the University of California at Berkeley, and studied film at New York University. Mr. Pack and his wife, Gina, also at Manifold Productions, have three sons and reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

​Now Streaming on Amazon: The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah

The Last 600 Meters, a 90-minute documentary looking back at the Iraq War, will be broadcast nationally on PBS on the eve of Veterans Day, November 10, 2025. There is a hunger for films that celebrate the men and women fighting for our freedom that portray them objectively, without political commentary.

The Last 600 Meters focuses on two of the deadliest battles of the Iraq War, in Najaf in the South against the Shiite Mahdi militia, and in Fallujah in the West against Sunni insurgents. The film tells the story of these battles, not through narration, but through the words and deeds of those who fought there. It tells the ground truth. This compelling documentary of urban warfare is newly relevant, in light of the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
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“The Last 600 Meters reveals the infantry’s world as it has seldom been seen by those who have not experienced it. This film, uncaptured by politics or ideology, reveals the most bruising ethical environment on earth and the character of the young men that our nation sends in harms way--its infantry.” —General James N. Mattis, USMC (Ret) Former Secretary of Defense

FIND HIS WEBSITE HERE: AND HERE:
FIND HIS X HERE:
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TO BOOK INTERVIEWS EMAIL: kimberlyt.publius@gmail.com .

Six Democrats urge military members to 'refuse illegal orders' in viral video; Hegseth responds
US Forces Kill Three Narco-Terrorists in Eastern Pacific Counter-Drug Operation

Latest lethal operation brings total suspected narco-terrorists killed to 82 in ongoing campaign
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A group of Democrat lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds released a video Tuesday urging service members to "refuse illegal orders," a message conservatives blasted as a call to defy President Donald Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

The one-minute video, posted by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and viewed more than 1.6 million times, features six lawmakers invoking their prior service while telling members of the military and intelligence community that "the threats to our Constitution are coming from right here at home."

Slotkin and her colleagues have spent recent weeks introducing legislation to limit President Trump’s ability to deploy National Guard members domestically or launch military action against narcoterrorists without congressional approval.

The bodies of the final two American Israeli hostages -- Omer Neutra and Itay Chen -- were returned to Israel by Hamas this week, according to American and Israeli officials, leaving the remains of seven deceased hostages still to be recovered.
Last week saw limited fighting and renewed Israeli strikes across Gaza despite the ceasefire agreed last month. Shortly after, the IDF said it had resumed the ceasefire.

The Médecins Sans Frontières NGO said Sunday that more than 200 people have been killed inside Gaza by Israeli strikes since the deal went into effect, citing the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.