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VOTE

Today's film was Laura Poitras' Oscar nominated documentary

My Country, My Country (2005)

which documents the Iraqi vote and the weeks and months leading up to it.

One Sunni doctor is followed along with his family. Various scenes here and there about the elections. All show, no tell.

It is not a tract and does not take sides. There are so many.

No violence. Not close up anyway. A chicken gets slaughtered.

Iraq. Forgotten. In the backwater of history. But still trying very hard to be a country again.

There is no use in going over all the wrongs and rights, if any, about the war.

It is up to the people there to pick up the pieces.

That is what this film is about.

The ending is quite emotional. Those long lines in defiance of the terrorist threats. The purple fingers. Worth watching.

I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films