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24 October 2001 (France) moreAwards:
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a blueprint for documentary making moreCast
(Credited cast) | Abbas Kiarostami | ... | Himself |
| Seyfolah Samadian | ... | Himself |
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Argentina:85 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:83 minCountry:
IranColor:
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Argentina:13 | France:U | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:All | USA:UnratedFun Stuff
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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.