Documentary-Voices of Iraq

Made in '04, the concept to put 150 video-cameras in the hands of Iraqis and let them film what they want, sounds like a great concept. But the result is not credible at all. Well, maybe it was a teeeeeny bit credible in '04, when many people still thought we could "win" the war in Iraq. But not so much now.

Half way through the film I turned to Sharlynn and said, "Does it seem like these people are saying waht they think we want to hear?" Her response, "I just thought it was our government's war propoganda."

And it really does seem that people are laughing when they are talking about bullets still lodged in their childrens' bodies, gives a propoganda feel to this disturbing film. And my other thought--these people had live for decades in a regime where, by their own admission in the movie, they felt like they could not criticise their leaders even in their own bedrooms. How open and honest would they be criticising their new leaders (America's military) with a video camera in their face?

I would have also liked to see more on the "who" distributed the cameras, and the method of doing so. Let's say the tracking of a few of the cameras around the country.

I would give this a pass, though it sounds promising, it does not deliver.