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My Country, My Country
Directed by
Laura Poitras
Not Rated
2006
90m
[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [War](/on-demand/category/war)
7.0
84%
72%
6.9
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Documentary by Oscar winner Laura Poitras about the war in Iraq.
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Cast of My Country, My Country
Peter Towndrow
himself
Scott Farren-Price
himself
Riyadh al-Adhadh
himself
Laura Poitras
Director / Producer / Director Of Photography / Editor
Jocelyn Glatzer
Producer
Erez Laufer
Editor
Kadhum Al Sahir
Original Music Composer
My Country, My Country Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
I can't agree with those critics who've praised the film's lack of polemics-the broader political story is too old to be news and too lacking in perspective to be good history-but as a substantial piece of the puzzle, this is worthwhile viewing.
World Socialist Web Site
David Walsh
The director's attitude toward the colonial-style occupation is never made clear. ... All in all, the films seems muddy and weak.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets
A compelling report.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
A memorable portrait of a nation's growing pains.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
In 90 captivating minutes, Laura Poitras' extraordinary documentary My Country, My Country gives you a greater understanding of the situation in Iraq than you'd get from 100 hours of Fox News or CNN.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
What My Country, My Country does best is show us that while both the Americans and the Iraqis care about the country's future, their cultural backgrounds and world views inevitably make them seem alien to each other.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Remarkable.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
... sobering documentary ...
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The movie attempts to paint too large a canvas.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Though the events have a rambling overfamiliarity, there's a real story between the lines: the resentment over the U.S. occupation on the part of non-insurgent Iraqis.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Quietly damning.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
From its plaintive title to its melancholy soundtrack, My Country, My Country is an appropriately mournful look at the chaos of Iraq under American occupation.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Often, the film is muddled -- it isn't until the second half that the doctor who is the main subject is revealed to be a Sunni who considers the people who blow up schools and police stations to be 'the resistance.'
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Hard to watch but important to see, this compassionate documentary tracks the considerable travails of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Laura Poitras's film depicts the way in which managing perception of the ongoing war is as vital as any battlefield success or failure.
Variety
Derek Elley
A still-timely, quietly hard-hitting look at the Iraqi situation.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
My Country, My Country chronicles events leading to the January 2005 Iraq elections with such breadth and detail that it almost feels as if they're being revealed for the first time.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
... easily the most valuable piece of film to emerge about the war in all of its three-plus years.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Laura Poitras' illuminating documentary provides a vivid picture of the events surrounding the January 2005 Iraqi election.
Austin Chronicle
Joe O'Connell
Regardless of on which side of the fence viewers stand, this documentary will reverberate.
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