War Photographer

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McGill University (Montreal)
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Screening begins 19h30

USA / 2001 / 96min

Winner of 16 International Awards 2002-2004, Nominated for 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

From the NY Times:

Even if you have never heard of James Nachtwey, the award-winning photojournalist who is the subject of Christian Frei's exceptionally intimate documentary, it is likely that you are familiar with his work. For more than two decades Mr. Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war, famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with a devastating, eloquent clarity. He was in Nicaragua at the height of the contra war, in South Africa during the bloody mid-1980's and in Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. Mr. Frei's quiet, engrossing film is a sad and stirring testimony to this vision and to the quiet, self-effacing heroism with which Mr. Nachtwey has pursued it. — A. O. Scott, The New York Times

Produced, Directed and Edited by CHRISTIAN FREI
Photographs by JAMES NACHTWEY
Digital Betacam Cinematography PETER INDERGAND scs
Cinematography (Palestine) HANNA ABU SAADA
Microcam Cinematography JAMES NACHTWEY
Microcams built by SWISS EFFECTS
Assistant Director / Assistant Editor BARBARA MÜLLER
Sound Editing / Sound Mix FLORIAN EIDENBENZ
Music by ELENI KARAINDROU
ARVO PÄRT
DAVID DARLING
Music Producer MANFRED EICHER

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