We were thinking that maybe those folks who support the "culture of life" (or is it the culture of birth?) would do something to make sure this woman's documentary would be seen here in the U.S. Sadly, no.
It's so much easier to support a war when you never see the images of those who suffer. Our own corporate media makes sure that you don't see those images. Especially the children--and not just our own kids who are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. But what about those Iraqi children who have been forced from their own homes as a result of the Iraq war? Kids without parents...
Seen any coverage in the corporate media about that? No? From Lia Petridis at the Women's Media Center:
Award-winning journalist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is touring the United States with her latest film, “The Lost Generation," a documentary on Iraq’s refugee children produced for Great Britain’s prestigious TV station Channel 4. So far, Obaid-Chinoy has been unable to find a U.S. station to televise the documentary. “A few of them have expressed reservations about showing this,” she says.Full article here. Sharmeen's site here.
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The first non-American journalist to win a Livingston Award, the Pakistani filmmaker has a relentless eye for reality—perhaps too relentless for a media looking for stories molded to a commercial frame. She traveled throughout Jordan and Syria to find the war’s youngest victims. Her subjects, often mutilated in body and soul, exhibit a calm lethargy one usually sees in those well advanced in years.
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy describes the situation in Iraq as “one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies in the Middle East since 1948.” Her film would help mobilize the support so desperately needed—if only the world could watch it on TV.
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