General Information

Author/Creator

Potras, Laura, director.

Language

English, Arabic, Kurdish.

Subtitles

English

Published

United States : Zeitgeist Films, 2006.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (90 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00002884

Contents/Summary

Summary

Doctor Riyadh is a father of six and a Sunni political candidate. An outspoken critic of the occupation, he is equally passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq, arguing that Sunni participation in the January 2005 elections is essential. Yet all around him, Dr. Riyadh sees only chaos, as his waiting room fills day after day with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence. Dramatically interwoven into the personal journey of Dr. Riyadh is the landscape of the US military occupation, with Australian private security contractors, American journalists and the UN officials who orchestrate the elections. The film presents the agonizing predicament and gradual descent of one man caught in the tragic contradictions of the United States’ occupation of Iraq and its project to spread democracy in the Middle East.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1222	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 1222 (HU_OSA_00002884.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format