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- Summary: When Hollywood gives a young Iraqi film student the opportunity of a lifetime, nothing goes according to plan, and the result is an engaging, sometimes comical political parable about do-gooder intentions gone wrong. (First Run/Icarus Films)
- Director: Nina Davenport
- Genre(s): Documentary
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83Operation Filmmaker takes a thrilling left turn from its original conceit, and Davenport does a nice job rolling with the punches.
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75Operation Filmmaker is eventually about Muthana blackmailing Davenport by withholding access to him as she fruitlessly seeks a happy ending for her film. "Now, I'm just looking for an exit strategy," she finally concludes.
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75This gut punch of a documentary will knock you for a loop. File it under "no good deed goes unpunished."
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60Davenport herself seems stunned by how complicated the story turns out to be, which just makes her movie all the more worthwhile.