My ideal documentary would be to follow a middle class, religiously moderate Iraqi family, from the inception of the U.S. invasion to today.
The inspiration came from seeing Jon Stewart at the State Theatre in Minneapolis. He effectively zinged both liberal and conservative political persuasions when he talked about extremes. Most people don't have time to pull a Cindy Shehan and go to Texas for prolonged civil disobedience. I don't remember what he said about the conservative extreme (Imust have blocked it out ). The point he made however was that the "rest of us have stuff to do", we have "families to take care of, jobs to do and lawns to take care of." We just don't have time to fight the power.
Who is that family in Iraq?
What is/are their general opinions of America/Americans? - Do they see a difference between our government and our citizenry?
My intended audience would be the Iraqi family's American counterpart, a middle class, religiously moderate family.
I would interview both families, asking their past and future views of Iraq today.
Do the Iraqi's trust their government more now or when Saddam Hussein was in power?
What would the Iraqi children tell their future children about the US presence in their country?
Same questions for the American family.
I would want the audience to walk away with a real, authentic connection to an Iraqi family - substance beyond the statistics and rhetoric.
I would anticipate some political backlash from this project - it's a very volatile issue.
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