Bibliograph

Operation filmmaker, a film, by Nina Davenport ; directed and filmed by Nina Davenport ; produced by Nina Davenport, David Schisgall ; produced in association with Swinging T Productions [and others] ; a co-production of Nina Davenport and the Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Type

Label

Operation filmmaker, a film, by Nina Davenport ; directed and filmed by Nina Davenport ; produced by Nina Davenport, David Schisgall ; produced in association with Swinging T Productions [and others] ; a co-production of Nina Davenport and the Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Operation filmmaker

Oclc number

271854770

Responsibility statement

by Nina Davenport ; directed and filmed by Nina Davenport ; produced by Nina Davenport, David Schisgall ; produced in association with Swinging T Productions [and others] ; a co-production of Nina Davenport and the Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Runtime

Sub title

a film

Summary

"In the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom, American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion : to rescue an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to the West to intern on a Hollywood movie ('Everything Is illuminated). It promised to be a heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled mission of the U.S. war in Iraq. But as in the war itself, good intentions yielded unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn't go according to plan. Director Nina Davenport becomes personally involved in Schreiber's charitable effort, and soon finds herself embroiled in a complex moral quagmire and all-consuming power struggle between filmmaker and subject"--Http://www.operationfilmmaker.com/synopsis.html

Table Of Contents

Introducing Muthana -- Things get complicated -- Back to Baghdad? -- No man's land -- Doom -- The Rock -- Muthana fights back

Technique

live action

Contributor