Sari's Mother
A short documentary that follows the struggle of an Iraqi mother to help for her 10-year-old son, Sari, who is dying of AIDS.
Friday Night Docs by Cinema Politica Fredericton
Friday March 6, 2009
Screening begins 19h30
Venue: Conserver House, 180 St. John St.
James Longley / Iraq / USA / 2006 / 21min
Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an
Iraqi mother to help for her 10-year-old son, Sari, who is dying of AIDS.
The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and
butter, farming land rented from their neighbors. As the film opens US military helicopters are flying low over their
fields. Sari’s mother administers injections to her son, whose condition is gradually deteriorating as his immune system
fails. She seeks help in Baghdad’s hospitals and ministries, but discovers that the Iraqi healthcare system is in
even worse condition under US occupation than before the war.
Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor, Composer: JAMES LONGLEY
Editors: JAMES LONGLEY and FIONA OTWAY
35mm transfer services: ALPHA CINE LABS, SEATTLE
Color timer: RYAN ADAMS
Digital Services: MARC BROWN
Audio Post Services: BAD ANIMALS STUDIOS, SEATTLE
Re-Recording Mixer: SAM GRAY
Re-Recording Supervisor: DAVE HOWE
fixers / translators:
NADEEM HAMID, ALI ZEKI, AHMED AYYAD, ISTIFAN BRAYMOK, ALAN ENWIYA, and ZAID FAHMI
