My country my country [videorecording] / produced by Jocelyn Glatzer & Laura Poitras ; directed & filmed by Laura Poitras ; a co-production of Praxis Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with P.O.V./American Documentary

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: New York : Zeitgeist Films, ©2007, c©2006Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Directed and filmed by Laura Poitras
Summary: Documentary providing an intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. The principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate who is an outspoken critic of the occupation but passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq. As his waiting room is filled daily with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence, Dr. Riyadh struggles to understand the tragic contradiction of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and its project to spread democracy through the Middle East
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark Film & Documentary
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Multimedia Multimedia ATU Wellpark Road Audio Visual 956.70443 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J147869

Special features: short film, Abu Ghraib inspection ; original theatrical trailer

Directed and filmed by Laura Poitras

Documentary providing an intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. The principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six, and Sunni political candidate who is an outspoken critic of the occupation but passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq. As his waiting room is filled daily with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence, Dr. Riyadh struggles to understand the tragic contradiction of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and its project to spread democracy through the Middle East

DVD

Closed-captioned. Dialogue in Kurdish, Arabic or English with captions and subtitles in English

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