Killing in the Name (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Killing in the Name

| caption =

| image = Killing in the Name FilmPoster.jpeg

| director = Jed Rothstein

| producer = Jed Rothstein, Jessica Van Garsse, Rory Kennedy, Liz Garbus

| writer =

| starring =

| music = Mark Degli Antoni

| cinematography = Tom Hurwitz

| editing = Kate Taverna

| studio = Moxie Firecracker Films

| distributor = HBO{{Cite web| title = Moxie Firecracker Films| accessdate = 2019-01-26| url = http://www.moxiefirecracker.com/film-detail.php?id=57}}

| released = {{Film date|2010|7|30|DocuWeeks}}

| runtime =

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Killing in the Name is a 2010 documentary film on Islamist terrorism.{{cite web|title=Al-Qaida Attack Survivor Wages His Own Jihad|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/11/al-qaida-attack-survivor-wages-his-own-jihad/|publisher=AOL News|accessdate=2011-01-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302020407/http://www.aolnews.com/2010/10/11/al-qaida-attack-survivor-wages-his-own-jihad/|archivedate=2011-03-02}} It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 83rd Academy Awards on January 25, 2011{{cite web|title=Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences|accessdate=2011-01-25}} but lost to Strangers No More.{{cite web | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2011/02/oscars-wins-for-documentary-short.html | title=Oscars: 'Strangers No More' wins for documentary short | accessdate=February 28, 2011 | author=Rojas, Rick | date=February 27, 2011 | publisher=Los Angeles Times Awards Tracker}}

The film showed in Los Angeles DocuWeeks on July 30, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010 |title=DocuWeeks 2010 |work=documentary.org |accessdate=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223072022/http://www.documentary.org/docuweeks2010 |archivedate=February 23, 2011 }}