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My Country, My Country

  • Episode aired Jun 2, 2006
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My Country, My Country (2006)
My Country, My Country
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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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    • Laura Poitras
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    • Dr. Riyadh
    • Aaron Castle
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      After filming My Country, My Country, Poitras was placed on the United States Homeland Security watch list.
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    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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