Voices of Iraq (2004)

Directed by

Martin Kunert

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Iraqis filmed themselves with cameras given to them for this documentary. The footage shows their daily lives and viewpoints during a turbulent time.

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What happens

Voices of Iraq is a 2004 documentary film about Iraq, created by distributing cameras to the subjects of a film, thus enabling subjects to film themselves. To preserve its innovative filmmaking, Voices of Iraq was added to the permanent collection of Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. Producer Eric Manes explained, "Without Iraqis as the directors, we would have seen Iraq and its people only through the filter of Western eyes. We certainly would not have had the access or the emotional intimacy that was captured in the film." Euphrates, an Iraqi Anglo hip-hop group, scored the soundtrack. The film was released theatrically in the United States and internationally and created a new genre of filmmaking termed Documentary swarm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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