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Sari's mother / producer, director, camera, sound, composer, James Langley.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease).
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Iraq.
- Parents of AIDS patients--Iraq.
- Parents of AIDS patients.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In Arabic with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation. As US military helicopters fly overhead, a mother administers injections to her young son, Sari, in a small clay hut in the Mahmudiyah region of central Iraq. Sari, only ten years old, contracted AIDS during a blood transfusion. Plagued by constant pain and fatigue, his immune system is failing and his condition is gradually deteriorating. Determined to help her son any way she can, Sari's mother embarks on a Sisyphean journey to Baghdad, into the offices of government officials, devastated hospitals, and the country's labyrinthine healthcare system.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 14, 2019).
- Nominated 2008 Academy Awards, Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- Won 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award, Documentary Short Subject
- Nominated 2007 International Documentary Association, Short Documentary
- OCLC:
- 1104050072
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