FILM
Nouveaux Territoires de la Guerre |
Written 30 January |
Thursday 19 February, 20:00Centre Pompidou, 75004 [map]
"Iraqi Short Films" is the result of a long term investigation by the Argentinean director, Mauro Andrizzi, into the propaganda generated by all the forces implicated in the conflict: the private security contractors, the U.S-led occupation army and the militias resisting the invasion. The secret footage filmed on mobiles and filmed attacks by adversaries produces a sobering document that moves between fiction, reality and video game.
“Armed groups videotape all their acts of war, and use the material as recruitment propaganda and as proof of effectiveness to get money and weapons and to gain support for their cause. Most of the militia have their own video production and broadcasting office, with several people assigned to this specific task. They post-produce and improve the quality of the material obtained in the operations.
U.S soldiers and private security employees also carry cameras, even if it is not allowed by the U.S Department of Defence. Some acts of war and raids are videotaped sometimes for logistical purposes, battle analysis, or just to use the material as propaganda to be filtered to the press -if the operation is successful- to boost the morale of the troops and people back in U.S and to recruit new soldiers.
U.S soldiers are not allowed to film the war. They do it anyway, spreading and broadcasting images without permission…videos that show the real war, with casualties on both sides, scary situations and the horror of the day-by-day in occupied Iraq”. Mauro Andrizzi
| What: | Nouveaux Territoires de la Guerre |
| When: | Thursday 19 February, 20:00 |
| Where: | Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou 75004 [map] |
| Transport: | Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville, Châtelet-Les Halles |
| Cost: | 4-6EUR |
| Phone: | 01 44 78 12 33 |
| Web: | www.centrepompidou.fr |
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