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Commissioner's
Comment
Nick Fraser
Storyville Series Editor
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In November 2001 the much heralded bombing of Kabul began. Kabul Emergency Room is the work of two young Italian filmmakers, Fabrizio Lazzeretti and Alberto Vendemmiati, who have made a previous critically acclaimed film about Afghanistan.
It's remarkable for the bravery it reveals - among the surgeons and staff, all of them Europeans, working for the NGO, Emergency. But one can also be impressed by the bravery of the two filmmakers who also put their lives at risk. The film is strongest for its refusal to strike postures - it insists, minute by minute, on the awfulness of aerial bombardment, without indicting its authors.
But this is one of those rare films that not only forces you to watch, but asks whether you shouldn't be changing your mind. Warmly recommended, even for saloon bar patriots.
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