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Visiting Filmmaker Laura Poitras presents a screening of her film, "My 
Country, My Country" (Mawtini, Mawtini), March 7th in Dwight 101 at 7:00 
PM, Mount Holyoke College.
My Country, My Country follows the agonizing predicament and gradual 
desent of one man caught in the tragic contradictions of the U.S. 
occupation of Iraq and its project to spread democracy in the Middle East. 
Following the January 2005 Iraqi elections, the story unfolds through the 
eyes of Dr. Riyadh, a medical doctor, devout Sunni Muslim, father of six, 
and Sunni political candidate. Through Dr. Riyadh and his family, My 
Country, My Country offers a rare look inside the world of Iraqis living 
under U.S. occupation.
The film is directed and filmed by Laura Poitras, and co-produced by 
Poitras and Hampshire College alumna Jocelyn Glatzer. My Country, My 
Country premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, will have North American 
and New York premieres at South by Southwest and New Directors/New Films, 
and will be broadcast on P.O.V./PBS in the fall of 2006. Poitras received 
a Peabody Award for her last documentary, Flag Wars (2003), which she 
co-directed, produced and filmed.
Poitras will introduce the film and answer any questions after the 
screening.
Screening is free and open to the public.

Documentary Workshop, Wednesday, March 8th from 4-6:30 PM, Rooke Theater 
Black Box, Mount Holyoke College.
Learn about cinema verite strategies in a hands-on workshop with visiting 
filmmaker Laura Poitras. Open to students and faculty from the Five 
Colleges.

For more information on both events, please call Rose Ryan at 538-2200.