Film maker, Laura Poitras made an appearance at Centenary to screen her nationally acclaimed film My Country My Country. This film is about takes a look at the choas of Iraq under American occupation. Poitras filmed the documentary over an eight month period from June 2004 to January 2005. The documentary views the run-up to the primary elections of the national assembly and follows the views of Dr. Riyadh, who is Sunni candidate and physician that runs a free clinic in Baghdad. This film really gives views a harsh reality check of what how the on going war in Iraq idealizes struggle, fear, and the will of survival.
Poitras does an excellent job of camera work and shooting this film from a the central "war zones" in Iraq and showing us the realism of a hopeful country. Poitras ability to be everywhere at once really complements Dr. Riyad story, in which he battles the political indifferences of his patients and other non-Iraqi players in the primary election.
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