Oct. 17: My Country My Country (2006). 90 mins. Director Laura Poitrascreates an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S.occupation. Her principal focus is Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor,father of six and Sunni political candidate. An outspoken critic of theoccupation, he is equally passionate about the need to establishdemocracy in Iraq. Yet all around him, Dr. Riyadh sees only chaos, ashis waiting room fills each day with patients suffering the physical andmental effects of ever-increasing violence. Dramatically interwoven intothe personal journey of Dr. Riyadh is the landscape of the U.S. militaryoccupation, with Australian private security contractors, Americanjournalists and the U.N. officials who orchestrated the 2005 elections.The film captures the downward spiral of one man caught in the tragiccontradictions of the U.S. occupation of Iraq and its project to spreaddemocracy in the Middle East.
Cineculture Club promotes cultural awareness through film andpost-screening discussions.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE EAST STUDIES: OCT. 16-18
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