Captive, waiting ... / directed by Mohammad Ahmadi.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Ahmadi, Mohammad., Director.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

Persian

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war--Iran.

Prisoners of war.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (23 min.).

Other Title:

Original title: Asir, entezar--

Place of Publication:

Honolulu, HI : Asia Pacific Films, 2002.

Language Note:

In Farsi, western (Persian).

Original language in Farsi, western (Persian).

Summary:

This lovely short film is in the form of a poetic visual letter composed by an Iranian prisoner of war held in an Iraq concentration camp. During his long twenty-year captivity he writes to his child once a year, not certain if the child is a boy or a girl since his wife was pregnant when he was captured. The film offers a rare view inside a crowded POW camp where men play volleyball, chess and walk in circles with their own dreams. We are privileged to hear the dreams of one of the nameless prisoners.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 6, 2013).

Won 2003 Melbourne International Film Festival, City of Melbourne Award

Won 2003 Prague One World Film Festival, Mayor of Prague Award

OCLC:

865004262