Turtles can Fly (Click image to watch in Amazon)
The phrase “History is written by the victors’ was famously declared by Winston Churchill–not necessarily in a positive light, but as a stark political fact. How does Alizadeh’s Turtles Can Fly provide a counter-history? The characters in this film are narrated visually and through dialogue that presents a grim view of those who exist at a distance from the heroic role Saddam Hussein assigns himself. Talk about the ways in which this movie, using tone, image, setting, and character portrayal, question that role.
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