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Operation Filmmaker (2008)

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...

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Frank Scheck 29 Jun 2008

What might have been a vanity project emerges as a surprisingly complicated morality tale.

Peter Travers 12 Jun 2008

This gut punch of a documentary will knock you for a loop. File it under "no good deed goes unpunished."

Andrew T 17 Sep 2008

Looks at the many sides of a slacker (a subject I personally connect with). There were some moments I could really identify with him, and a [very] few more I even agreed with some of his criticisms of what you have to do to be successful. It's a very up and down (well, more like down and up and down) story for him, with a somewhat abrupt and open ending. On top of this personal element is the occasional look at the political context, especially emphasizing the parallels between the two elements. This second part wasn't especially deep, but it was brought in appropriately sparingly which gave it a bit more emotional weight. Overall, more serious than comical, but not entirely depressing.

Elizabeth Weitzman 05 Jun 2008

Davenport herself seems stunned by how complicated the story turns out to be, which just makes her movie all the more worthwhile.

Tony B 10 May 2009

Here's a documentary that is sadly very real. After seeing Iraqi film student Muthana Mohmed lament his broken dream of becoming a filmmaker in the wake of the 2003 Iraq war, actor Liev Schrieber invites him to Prague to work on his 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated.Filmmaker Nina Davenport followed the drama that ensued, as which depicts Hollywood at it's worst. Schrieber treats Muthana as a prized pet mostly. Things take a stranger twist when Muthana accuses Davenport herself of exploiting him. You won't know how to react after seeing this one. Lord knows I didn't.