Amir’s Iraq
In 2003, filmmaking duo Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton of Four Corners Media went to Iraq to make documentary about the looting of archaeological sites after the US invasion. While there they met Amir Doshi, author and teacher, who worked for them as an interpreter and guide through a landscape increasingly fraught with conflict. One day in August 2004, in the market place of Nasiriyah, Micah was unmasked as a foreigner by southern Iraqi militants and, together with Amir, taken hostage for ten days.
The following short film reunites Micah and Marie-Hélène with Amir, in the city of Erbil in July of 2011, and offers his perspective on a country recovering from trauma.
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chantlou
Wed Sep 28 23:56:30 BST 2011
i like how the theme of interpretation frames the piece.
beautiful shot of tunnel as metaphor and reality.
such a moving sequence of amir so carefully handling his "visa"/documents - the devastation in the south making his gesture so tentative.
hauntingly beautiful dream sequence with kaleidoscopic lights - simultaneously evocative and chilling.
what is that piano piece?
well done. want to see more.
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