Turtles Can Fly

Known as the first movie to be filmed in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Turtles Can Fly , is an exceptional film that focuses on the lives of children and civilians in a Kurdish refugee camp located at the border of Iraq and Turkey. Forbidden to purchase satellites from their area, the civilians try to create their own satellites to be able to pick up signals from news chanels about the war. This film is a story revolved a boy known as Satellite and the children who work for him. Satellite is known as the leader of the pack, taking care of all the kids, providing jobs for them to provide for themselves. With the slight ability to speak English, Satellite takes care of his unit and is looked up upon greatly from the elderly and infant. Carefully scanning the minefields for American mines in the minefield, Satellite uses his connections to trade or sell the mines for things such as weapons or money.
This movie shows a very biased views of the support for the United States invasion of Iraq. This may seen with skepticism, but it shows the views and faith of the producer in coming into production. Turtles Can Fly shows a side of the people themselves and their opposition towards Saddam as well. As an American, this makes viewers like myself come to understand the Kurdish people and the suffering they have been going through as well and see things from a different perspective. Director, Ghabodi, depicts the crucial and harsh environment of the Kurdish Iraqi people by succinctly executing his shots. With his proper positioning and zoom of the camera lens and the use of flashbacks, Ghabodi Turtles Can Fly has won an immense amount of awards (which i support). What I find the most impressive is his casting and his view to put the film in the lives of the children. Dominated by the acting of infants, this was a great movie with a great cast and plot.