S19.E12

My Country, My Country

Name: My Country, My Country
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-06-02
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Dr. Riyadh, Aaron Castle, Scott Farren-Price

Episode aired Jun 2, 2006
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1h 30m

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7.1/10

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The director follows a Sunni doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.The director follows a Sunni doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.The director follows a Sunni doctor as he prepares to run for the early 2005 elections in Iraq.

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Trivia
After filming My Country, My Country, Poitras was placed on the United States Homeland Security watch list.

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Edited from My Country, My Country (2006)

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8/10

insight into domestic life and anxieties

It is a moving documentary. The director was given full access by US military, and being a woman, was able to film inside the living room of an Iraqi family with only women present.

The different clips are well edited, and the documentary has a nice balance and feel to it.

There is a (now hilarious) scene in a classroom-setting in which a US-based contractor is teaching to several adult men what democracy is.

The US military is shown as courteous and understanding, so don't mistake this documentary as an anti-occupation rant. It is more about the anxieties of a middle-class family, opposed to violence ("live and let live"), and the aspirations of an every-day family to make their world a better world.

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