Cultures collide, egos clash and dreams come true at an arts academy in Iraq.
CAMP UNITY NEWS:
CAMP UNITY will have it's international premiere at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival, in the "Documentaries of the World" section. The film screens at 21:30 on Thursday, September 2 and 10:10 on Friday, September 3 at the Cinema Quartier Latin in downtown Montreal. Director/Producer Ryan White will attend both screenings. For more information about MWFF: www.ffm-montreal.org/en_index.html
CAMP UNITY will screen at DOCUTAH, a documentary festival in stunning Southern Utah, held in locations near the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce Canyon National Parks. The film plays in St George on Saturday, September 18 at the Weststates Pineview 10 Cinema and in Kanab on Wednesday, September 22 at the Crescent Moon Theater. For more information about DOCUTAH: www.docutah.com
On June 26, 2010, CAMP UNITY won the Silver Award for Documentary at the 33rd Philadelphia International Film Festival (PhilaFilm)...
In March 2010, CAMP UNITY received an Award of Excellence for Feature Documentary from The Indie Fest.
ABOUT THE FILM:
A diverse group of Iraqi performing arts students unite through hip hop, jazz, orchestra, and Broadway at an American arts academy in Iraqi Kurdistan. Arabs and Kurds, Christians and Muslims, Americans and Iraqis, everyone must work together to prepare for the big show. Along the way, cultures collide, egos clash, dreams come true, and the viewer is offered a candid and revealing look at the troubles and triumphs of this life-changing event.
Filmed in the homes, classrooms, dormitories and ancient cities of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, CAMP UNITY is a surprisingly intimate, award-winning documentary that celebrates the ability of personal experiences to bridge cultural divides. Looking beyond the sensational and violent images of Iraq commonly used by international medias, the film stands as a reminder that reaching an understanding begins with a conversation, a smile, or perhaps even a hip hop song...
CAMP UNITY is a U.S.-Iraqi Kurdistan co-production, shot in High Definition (HD) video in English, Arabic, and Kurdish with English subtitles and runs 83 minutes.
Director/cinematographer/editor
Ryan White
Producers
Ryan White & John Ferguson
Co-Producer
Paul Lee
Executive Producers
Joanne Storkan, Madeline DiMaggio & Brendan Maze
Assistant Director & Production Manager
Yohan Othman Hama
Music by
Fu'ad Mawlanaee, Erjeng Seyfizade & Matthias Naderi
(Original CAMP UNITY poster by artist Laura Zuspan)
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(Official CAMP UNITY one-sheet)