Voices of Iraq (2004)

	Steve L.

4 out of  5  people found this review helpful

I'm going to keep this short and get right to the point. Everyone in America, or the world for that matter, should see this film! It is not some kind of "liberal media bias" documentary or anything of the sort. 150 cameras are given directly to Iraqi citizens with the instructions to simply film their lives, families, towns, experiences, opinions, etc. There are no directors, producers, or crew in Iraq with the cameras. They are simply given to Iraqis and told to videotape their lives, then give the camera to another person for him to do the same. This movie exposes just how poorly people in Iraq (but in reality much of the world's population) live. Our "ghettos" and inner city areas here in the U.S. look like a 5-star resort compared to anywhere in Iraq. Watch this movie and it will change how you think/feel about things. Then go tell your friends about it!!!

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	Pattie D.

2 out of  3  people found this review helpful

It will make you proud to be an American and help you see the real side and needs of the real victims in Iraq And show how horrific Saddam REALLY WAS! It is IN YOUR FACE, can't deny the terror...wake up and smell the coffee! This doc shows the Iraqi's amazing desire for what we Americans take sooooo for granted...freedom! We have it, they want it and we can help them get it and ...we NEED them to get it! God Bless the Iraqi's and their fight for freedom and for Mr. Manes for bringing this Doc to life!

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	SANDRA T and Michael P.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

It is exactly what it says it is - voices of Iraq. Now, just for a second, imagine what "voices" you would have if you handed out hundreds of cameras to regular citizens in the US and asked them to just go crazy and record their daily lives. That is what this film is only the setting, the citizens, being in Iraq. Make up your own mind the value of that. For me, while a somewhat interesting and an often unseen point of view, I'm still on the fence of the value. Going back to the example of doing the same thing in the US, I can't say as it would mean much - focusing on what regular citizens "believe". People often have no clue, especially people who have been repressed for so long as they admit throughout. You may as well ask a soldier why his government is at war. As if he would know. He's a pawn, as much as these voices of Iraq are the audience, in the games of much more rich and powerful men.

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