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Director:
Abbas Kiarostami
Contact:
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Release Date:
24 October 2001 (France) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Documentary account of the AIDS crisis in Uganda. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
a blueprint for documentary making more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Abbas Kiarostami ... Himself
Seyfolah Samadian ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Argentina:85 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:83 min
Country:
Iran
Language:
Persian | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Argentina:13 | France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:All | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Kampala, Uganda more
Company:
IFAD more

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Movie Connections:
Featured in 10 on Ten (2004) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
a blueprint for documentary making, 5 March 2008
Author: mike-3406 from United Kingdom

This is a documentary shot at the request of a group of Ugandan women to publicise their mission to educate the AIDS and war orphans that would otherwise become a lost generation. The crew went to Uganda to shoot pilot footage using the smallest JVC mini-dv cameras intending to return with film cameras later, but the footage they took and the film that emerged from it is so unique that they felt the moment could never be recaptured. All Kiarostami's usual concerns with film form are put to the service of an enquiry into the relationship between film maker and subject without ducking uncomfortable questions about power and meeting of cultures. Released the same year as Black Hawk Down this film not only shows a side of Africa completely erased by Hollywood, it is a blueprint for a completely new approach to documentary. The comment that the best thing about the film is the format massively misses the importance and uniqueness of this film.

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