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My country my country / Praxis Films and the Independent Television Service present ; in association with P.O.V./American Documentary ; a Zeitgeist release ; produced by Jocelyn Glatzer & Laura Poitras ; directed and filmed by Laura Poitras.
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- Video
- Series:
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- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Al-Adhadh, Riyadh.
- Elections--Iraq.
- Elections.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Health aspects--Personal narratives.
- Sunnites.
- Political candidates.
- Physicians.
- Iraq.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Social aspects--Personal narratives.
- Social aspects.
- Physicians--Iraq.
- Political candidates--Iraq.
- Sunnites--Iraq.
- Iraq--History--2003-.
- History.
- Iraq--Military relations--United States.
- Military relations.
- United States.
- Iraq--Politcs and government--2003-.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (91 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Working alone in Iraq over eight months, director/cinematographer Laura Poitras creates an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. Her principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six and Sunni political candidate. An outspoken critic of the occupation, he is equally passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq, arguing that Sunni participation in the January 2005 elections is essential. Yet all around him, Dr. Riyadh sees only chaos, as his waiting room fills each day with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence. Dramatically interwoven into the personal journey of Dr. Riyadh is the landscape of the US military occupation, with Australian private security contractors, American journalists and the UN officials who orchestrate the elections. Unfolding like a narrative drama, MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY follows the agonizing predicament and gradual descent of one man caught in the tragic contradictions of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and its project to spread democracy in the Middle East.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 23, 2016).
- OCLC:
- 879578525
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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