Double- Bill Screening: My Country, My Country and The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends February 14, 2007

The Frontline Club in collaboration with Dochouse

Followed by Q&A with Patricia Foulkrod (The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends)

My Country, My Country
Director: Laura Poitras, USA, 2006, 90mins

My Country, My Country is an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January 2005 elections. Director Laura Poitras’ main focus is Dr Riyadh, a Sunni candidate, benevolent GP and an outspoken critic of the occupation, he is equally passionate about the need to establish democracy in Iraq.

Interwoven with the doctor’s personal struggle is the state of the country at large. We’re taken behind the scenes where journalists rarely venture, whether riding with Kurds, recording US Military briefings or just sitting in Sunni living rooms as shells fall in the streets. My Country My Country profiles the tragic contradictions of the military occupation and its project to spread democracy in the Middle East.

The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
Director: Patricia Foulkrod, USA, 2006, 78 min

The film takes an unflinching look at the training and dehumanisation of US soldiers, and how life in a war zone affects them physically and mentally.

It overrides familiar images of war with one effortless stroke. We see illness, amputation and injury, depression and post-traumatic stress disorders. Far from being greeted with open arms, America's treatment of veterans is found wanting. The Ground Truth makes it impossible to dismiss its characters simply as war statistics.

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