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The Blood of My Brother
Directed by
Andrew Berends
Not Rated
2005
90m
Documentary
,
War
6.4
70%
59%
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While volunteering to guard the ancient mosque in Kadhimiya, Ra'ad, an Iraqi portrait photographer, is shot and killed by an American patrol. His brother Ibrahim dreams of revenge.
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The Blood of My Brother Ratings & Reviews
Cinematical
Christopher Campbell
The action is so consciously real that at one point when a bullet could be seen coming towards one side of the camera I flinched to the other side of my seat.
Film Journal International
Eric Monder
A needed corrective to superficially pro-American news reports and documentaries from the reactionary right.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
Berends's documentary works for the most part because it has a fresh point of view and worthwhile things to say about the individual value of overlooked masses in a war zone.
L.A. Weekly
Bill Gallo
[The filmmakers'] access is far broader than any TV network's, and in the end, they transcended the body counts and bland abstractions that characterize most Western reporting on the war.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets
Imparts a you-are-there atmosphere that's increasingly scarce as Western journalists retreat.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
Documentary technique is poor, but Berends imparts a strong sense of the culture and the sort of dilemma that faces every member of this torn society.
TheMovieChicks.com
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
I felt overly manipulated and sensed they were trying too hard to make a point, but unsure what point to make.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A scary and illuminating documentary made by an American that draws out our empathy for the grieving families of slain civilians in the Iraq war.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
In the end, Berends sacrifices coherence for the sake of a story he's determined to tell, rather than focusing on the one that's practically telling itself.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Despite some remarkable unembedded footage, Andrew Berends' is yet another disappointingly superficial, unfocused and one-sided documentary on the conflict in Iraq.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
It makes you rue the most indelicate of all combat euphemisms -- 'collateral damage.'
Boxoffice Magazine
John P. McCarthy
Without an apparent axe to grind, [Berends] presents a harrowing snapshot of the chaos of war and reminds us how difficult it is to simplify a nation, a people, or an individual.
Film-Forward.com
Kent Turner
This unsettling and frequently chilling look on a mourning Iraqi family has an immediacy that's rare for a theatrical documentary.
New York Times
Nathan Lee
From the filmmaker Andrew Berends comes another documentary about the occupation of Iraq, but this time the story is told from the Iraqi point of view.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Berends gives over about a fourth of a fairly short movie to field footage and interviews with American soldiers, and the abbreviated look at the U.S. military makes it look more doltish and insensitive than the conflicted figures in The War Tapes.
Greenwich Village Gazette
Eric Lurio
Denouncing Saddam? It's strange because it's apparent that Barends is to some extent PRO Saddam in his leanings.
Village Voice
Joshua Land
The subtitle, A Story of Death in Iraq, concisely captures its core subject: the brute facts of grief, suffering, and death in wartime.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
As a study of the monumental human toll of war, Andrew Berends's documentary is distinctly lacking in both focus and balance.
Variety
Leslie Felperin
Made with access to the Mehdi Army and embittered citizens the Western news media -- or even the CIA -- might envy, producer-helmer-lenser Andrew Berends creates a revealing insight into the war in Iraq from the locals' POV.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Blood contains enough startling and provocative footage to more than justify its theatrical exposure.
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