From Word To Word

This coming Saturday, December the 12th will be the next Dinner and a Doc, and we will be screening Voices of Iraq, which describes itself as being filmed and directed by the people of Iraq.  The film was shot in 2004 by people throughout Iraq who were given 150 digital cameras in order to document their everyday lives, producing over 400 hours of footage.  The purpose of this approach was to let the people of Iraq speak for themselves, a purpose that I would like to spend some time discussing, either at Saturday’s event or in a later post.

For further information about the film, you can read an interview with producers Eric Manes, Martin Kunert, and Archie Drury, or you can watch the trailer.  By way of preparing for a discussion of the film, you may also want to watch this video review, which raises some interesting questions about how the film tries to locate itself politically.

As usual, the event will be at my place, 130 Dublin Street, Guelph, and all are welcome, though I do appreciate an email or a comment to let me know that you will be coming. We will eat at about 5:30 and begin the film at about 6:00.