Underexposure

Underexposure (2005)

Iraqi filmmaker Hassan documents the lives of his friends and neighbors in the tumultuous days following the U.S. invasion of his country.

Date of release
2005-08-04
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Oday Rasheed

Interesting facts

Underexposure is a 2005 Iraqi film, in the docufiction style, written and directed by Oday Rasheed, produced by Enlil Film and Arts. The story follows a fictional Iraqi film crew, inspired by the actual crew, that struggles with making a film during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent American occupation. It was the first feature film to be shot in Iraq after the beginning of the Iraq War.

Production

Underexposure was shot on expired Kodak film that was bought back from looters in the early days of the American occupation. Underexposure was produced by Enlil Film and Arts, with Producer and Production Designer Majed Rasheed and Executive Producer Furat Al Jamil. Filming began in November 2003 with money that the crew raised by selling their own possessions.

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