Bhutto (2010)

A riveting documentary of the recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto, a polarizing figure in the Muslim world. Following in her father's footsteps as a pillar for democracy, Bhutto was ... See full summary »

Directors:

Duane Baughman, Johnny O'Hara

Writer:

Johnny O'Hara

Stars:

Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari	...	Herself
Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari	...	Himself
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari	...	Himself
Asif Ali Zardari	...	Himself (as President Asif Ali Zardari)
Sanam Bhutto	...	Herself (as Sanam 'Sunny' Bhutto)
Victoria Schofield	...	Herself
Mark Siegel	...	Himself
Tariq Ali	...	Himself
Steve Coll	...	Himself
Ahmed Ispahani	...	Himself
Akbar Ahmed	...	Himself
Peter Galbraith	...	Himself
Christina Lamb	...	Herself
Condoleezza Rice	...	Herself
Feroz Hassan Khan	...	Himself

Storyline

A riveting documentary of the recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto, a polarizing figure in the Muslim world. Following in her father's footsteps as a pillar for democracy, Bhutto was expected to dominate Pakistan's 2008 elections but the assassination sent Pakistan politics into turmoil. This major event sent shock waves throughout the world and transformed her from political messiah into a martyr for the common man.

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Plot Keywords:

islam | third world | independent film | 

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Taglines:

You can't murder a legacy.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Benazir Bhutto

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,275, 5 December 2010, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$100,009, 8 May 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Icon Television Music,Disarming Films,Eveready Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first cut of the film, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, listed Johnny O'Hara and Jessica Hernández as directors. Subsequent versions list the directors as Duane Baughman and Johnny O'Hara.

User Reviews

Not Much More Than Propaganda

While I appreciated some of the basic information given in the film. I found it to be too one sided on the whole. The film is more about Pakistan's political history rather than Bhutto herself and politics are generally not well suited for documentaries because there will always be radically opposing views. The film did not give much more insight to who really runs Pakistan than a reading of wikipedia would have given - now that would have made for an interesting film. Going into this I knew little of her but those thoughts were positive but coming out my thoughts are actually negative - obviously opposite to what was intended. I can't see her role as more than a figurehead. She belongs to an elite class (attended Harvard) and is from a radically different world than the vast majority of Pakistanis - so I can understand the foundations of distrust against her. Yes, she was charismatic but that's not enough to be a political power - she seemed out of her league and her presence in such a position of power, forced, likely installed by the elite class in the world. I don't condone the actions of the opposing faction but I can understand their antagonism.