Killing in the Name (short film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Killing in the name |
| Original title | Killing in the name |
| Country of production | United States of America |
| original language | English , Arabic |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 39 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jed Rothstein |
| production | Jed Rothstein, Jessica Van Garsse , Rory Kennedy , Liz Garbus |
| music | Mark Degli Antoni |
| camera | Tom Hurwitz |
Killing in the Name is an American documentary film directed by Jed Rothstein in 2010. The film is about Islamist terrorism . He was nominated for an Oscar in 2011 for Best Documentary Short Film, but lost to Strangers No More .
action
The documentary revolves around Ashraf Al-Khaled, at whose wedding party in 2005 a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing 27 members of Al-Khaled's family and his wife Nadia Alami. The attack became an opportunity for Ashraf Al-Khaled to speak to victims and perpetrators of Islamist terrorism. The film shows his search for the causes of terrorism, including speaking to an al-Qaeda recruiter . In addition to Al-Khaled's case, the film covers the 2002 Bali attack , which killed 202 people, and the 2005 Hilla attack , which killed 127 people.
background
According to Jed Rothstein , his impetus for such a documentation came from the question of the reason for the suicide bombings during the height of the Iraq war , which Rothstein describes as "violence that was clearly directed against civilians". The making of the film was developed by Carie Lemack , executive producer of the film. Her aim was to describe terrorism from the perspective of its victims. This concern led to Ashraf Al-Khaled, which Lemack for the first time on a Symposium of the United Nations met on "victims of terrorism" in the year of 2008. The meeting led to the founding of the Global Survivors Network , which co-produced the film.
publication
The film premiered on July 28, 2010 at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival , where the film won the Best Documentary Award. It was also shown in a total of nine countries in three different languages. In September 2011, the cable broadcaster Home Box Office first broadcast the documentary on US television.
Web links
- Killing in the Name in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- United Nation press release on the symposium
- Radio report The Documentary Short "Killing in the Name" by WNYC
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMDb: Plot Summary , accessed on January 29, 2012
- ^ Moxie Firecracker Films: Killing in the Name , accessed January 29, 2012
- ↑ HBO: Killing in the Name: Synopsis ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 29, 2012
- ^ International Documentary Association: Meet the DocuWeeks Filmmakers: Jed Rothstein - 'Killing in the Name , July 2010, accessed January 29, 2012
- ↑ HBO : Interview with Carie Lemack ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 29, 2012
- ↑ Global Survivors Network: Killing in the Name ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 29, 2012
