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Ric Roman Waugh to Direct “Six Minutes to Freedom” Film

5/16/2026

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U.S. director Ric Roman Waugh has signed to direct Six Minutes to Freedom, about the 1989 Delta Force rescue in Panama.
Screenwriter Jared Rosenberg is adapting Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap’s non-fiction account for the screenplay.
The film follows Kurt Muse, arrested by Manuel Noriega’s secret police and rescued by Delta Force, which had a six-minute head start before U.S. forces arrived in December 1989.

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U.S. director Ric Roman Waugh has signed to direct Six Minutes to Freedom, about the 1989 Delta Force rescue in Panama.
Screenwriter Jared Rosenberg is adapting Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap’s non-fiction account for the screenplay.
The film follows Kurt Muse, arrested by Manuel Noriega’s secret police and rescued by Delta Force, which had a six-minute head start before U.S. forces arrived in December 1989.