The Minders
Duration: 00:55:00 This film was made by Sean Mcallister during the last Iraqi crisis (the one defused by the UN's Kofi Annan in person). With air strikes averted, Mcallister decided to carry on filming, making a double portrait of his two Ministry of Information minders, Kifah and Alla. The li...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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Tenfoot Films
1998
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:f471d129-51b9-44ca-9a7a-21df7dc21e8c |
| Summary: | Duration: 00:55:00
This film was made by Sean Mcallister during the last Iraqi crisis (the one defused by the UN's Kofi Annan in person). With air strikes averted, Mcallister decided to carry on filming, making a double portrait of his two Ministry of Information minders, Kifah and Alla. The likeable and decent Kifah, a former English teacher enjoying a rare spell of paid work, is a football mad Anglophile: 'I can't forget Bobby Moore,' he sighs. Alla, Head of Protocol, is a suave ladies' man and pop fan (very taken with Chumbawumba). Mcallister carries on filming Kifah after he is dropped as a minder and in doing so creates an illuminating and touching picture of the man and of everyday life in Iraq. |
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| Published: | 1998 |