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Voices Of Iraq (2006)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:9

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.1/10

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

US Box Office: $30,634

Synopsis: The people of Iraq tell their amazing stories in this fascinating and important documentary, which gives Iraqi men and women the chance to describe in their own words their years under Saddam... The people of Iraq tell their amazing stories in this fascinating and important documentary, which gives Iraqi men and women the chance to describe in their own words their years under Saddam Hussein and their struggle to create their own stable society in a period of appalling violence. Producers Eric Manes, Archie Drury, and Martin Kunert distributed 150 digital video cameras to Iraqis all over the country, and the resulting 400 hours of footage includes powerful testimony from sheiks and insurgents, mothers and children, and everyday workers, each discussing their perspective, hopes, and daily lives. [More]

Producer: Eric Manes
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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06/24/06
Time Out

the resulting footage remains fascinating and refreshing in light of the usual media coverage that we are fed through our televisions

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
11/15/04
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
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11/13/04
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As a true or accurate portrait of the real Iraq ... pic pales in comparison to various in-depth U.S. and European reports, and to Bahman Ghobadi's brilliant new drama on wartime Kurdish refugees, Turtles Can Fly.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/29/04
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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We don't get to stay with anyone long enough to feel the full power of their story, but a mosaic portrait of a diverse nation emerges.

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10/29/04
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter

Despite a good amount of balance allowing for the expression of some anti-American sentiment, Voices of Iraq comes down squarely on the side supporting the war in Iraq.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
10/29/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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It's an approach that even the war's harshest critics should find interesting.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/29/04
Jonathan Curiel
Jonathan Curiel
San Francisco Chronicle

It's impossible to say if what the makers of this 'experimental documentary' have assembled is a representative sample of these home movies, but on balance it's vastly more flattering to the Bush administration than Fahrenheit 9/11 and its ilk.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/29/04
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

The lack of more than a handful of Iraqis decrying their personal losses and the chaos that has ensued makes it hard to trust the sincerity of the filmmakers.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
10/29/04
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Maybe my skepticism comes with the timing -- the movie arrives just days before the presidential election.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
10/29/04
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

The goal of this documentary is to show what life is like for the everyday people of Iraq... and the result may surprise you.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
10/29/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

By turns heartbreaking, amusing and disturbing, the film features people from different regions, economic classes and religions, recounting stories that are sometimes bleak, sometimes encouraging, but always compelling.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/28/04
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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If Voices of Iraq cannot claim to represent the political 'truth' about the war, it certainly provides an unprecedented glimpse into the texture of daily life there.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/28/04
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
New York Times
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The movie conveys a sense of what it would be like to live in a place where bombs could drop next door.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
10/28/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

An extraordinary, up-to-the-minute tapestry that ranges all over this country of 25 million people and carries the force of revelation.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
10/28/04
Tom Sime
Tom Sime
Dallas Morning News

A thought-provoking way to tell part of the present-day story of this war-torn country.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
10/28/04
Bob Townsend
Bob Townsend
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Any film that credits itself as 'filmed and directed by the people of Iraq' deserves to be regarded with skepticism.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/26/04
Joshua Land
Joshua Land
Village Voice
 
 
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