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edwin starr.
last night i saw "iraq in fragments"
wow. what an amazingly profound documentary, a work of "poetic agitation," according to the village voice.
(for the new release's trailer, follow this link.)
it's really hard to believe that iraq in fragments really is a documentary: james longley's award-winning film is so intimate, & so painful, you just wish the young boys who anchor the film were actors playing parts, & able to extricate themselves from the nightmarish conditions that they occupy.
i'm truly afraid now to read about devil bush's plan for a military "surge" in that violence-shredded nation.
best to watch this work, though, instead of bush's surely insipid save the village by destroying it "plan" for iraq. brrrrrrr...
a cool local angle on all of this, btw, is that the unembedded filmmaker james longley regularly calls my boss at kcsb 91.9 fm, elizabeth robinson, when he needs to get a story out of the middle east by way of grassroots, independent media outlets. she's that great a journalist specializing in the region.
elizabeth is always so quick to turn these stories around, edit them into a manageable time for radio, upload them on the web, & then mass-announce their availability to other journalists around the globe. really a quite inspiring professional arrangement...
iraq in fragments was presented last night to a near-capacity crowd, courtesy of university of california at santa barbara's arts & lectures film series. elizabeth tried to bring longley to campus along with the film, but unfortunately his schedule would not allow for it.
(for the new release's trailer, follow this link.)
it's really hard to believe that iraq in fragments really is a documentary: james longley's award-winning film is so intimate, & so painful, you just wish the young boys who anchor the film were actors playing parts, & able to extricate themselves from the nightmarish conditions that they occupy.
i'm truly afraid now to read about devil bush's plan for a military "surge" in that violence-shredded nation.
best to watch this work, though, instead of bush's surely insipid save the village by destroying it "plan" for iraq. brrrrrrr...
a cool local angle on all of this, btw, is that the unembedded filmmaker james longley regularly calls my boss at kcsb 91.9 fm, elizabeth robinson, when he needs to get a story out of the middle east by way of grassroots, independent media outlets. she's that great a journalist specializing in the region.
elizabeth is always so quick to turn these stories around, edit them into a manageable time for radio, upload them on the web, & then mass-announce their availability to other journalists around the globe. really a quite inspiring professional arrangement...
iraq in fragments was presented last night to a near-capacity crowd, courtesy of university of california at santa barbara's arts & lectures film series. elizabeth tried to bring longley to campus along with the film, but unfortunately his schedule would not allow for it.
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