Operation Filmmaker (2007)
Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, a young and charismatic film student, Muthana Mohmed, stands in the rubble of the city's film school and explains to an American television audience that his dream of becoming a filmmaker has been destroyed - first by Saddam Hussein, then by American bombs. This brief, fortuitous appearance on MTV changes Muthana's life forever. Watching in the United States, actor/director Liev Schreiber stops channel surfing, utterly captivated. Feeling guilty about a war he opposed, Schreiber decides to extend to the unknown Iraqi the opportunity of a lifetime - to come to Prague to work on an American movie, Everything is Illuminated. On set, frustrated expectations complicate the relationship between Muthana and his American benefactors in what becomes a cross-cultural endeavor gone awry. Filmmaker Nina Davenport becomes increasingly entangled in the young Iraqi's life as his visa is about to expire and the threat of returning to Baghdad looms. Operation Filmmaker, revealing on several levels, addresses the power dynamics between the American filmmaker and her Iraqi subject, unfolding as an engaging parable about the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Domestic DistributorIcarus Films
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Domestic Opening$2,964
Earliest Release DateJune 4, 2008
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Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresDocumentary
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Nina Davenport | Director |
| Nina Davenport | Writer |
| Nina Davenport | Producer |
| David Schisgall | Producer |
| Sheldon Mirowitz | Composer |
| Nina Davenport | Cinematographer |
| Nina Davenport | Editor |
| Aaron Kuhn | Editor |
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Alberto Bonilla | |
| Steven Chinni | |
| Nina Davenport | |
| Hedwig Herzog |
