On February 15th 2003 millions around the world flooded the streets in the largest peace protest for decades. They all took to the streets in opposition to the proposed war on Iraq, unfortunately the governments involved failed to listen and the war went ahead. Millions of people watched the bombs fall are felt cheated by their governments, leaders elected by the people and should have been operating in the interests of those same people.
Amir Amirani’s film chronicles the story of how the world rose up against the iraq war. Through the prism one of the most historic days of protest in recent memory, the film pieces together testimonials, archive footage and newly shot interviews to chronicle the lead up and aftermath of the Iraq war. It’s a powerful documentary that shows how old establishments were awakened to the power of global public opinion. There are a couple of times in this film that I was genuinely moved, the shots of major cities filled with people pleading to their leaders to see reason, the news footage of the first bombs falling on Baghdad which i remember watching myself back in 2003 and when in 2013 both the USA and UK governments finally took the opinions of their people into consideration.
This movie is very well put together and chronicles the story well, the story is of course biased in its view of the whole affair but it stands as a reflection of the way governments are changing, the process is slow and many people are still distrustful of the powers that are meant to be helping them. I will be the first person to say that I am not a politically minded person, I rarely get involved in such debates and I didn’t even take part in the recent election but this film is an entertaining and enlightening look at the events that lead super powers to think a little more carefully about their actions.
8/10
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