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A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers

Réalisé par Geeta Gandbhir et Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Pakistan / États-Unis, 2015 (documentaire, 95 minutes, couleurs, bengali / anglais / créole haïtien)

Description du film [en anglais] :
« The role of United Nations peacekeepers is a true 'mission impossible,' dropping soldiers who literally don't speak each other's languages into foreign countries rife with chaos and violence. Anything that goes wrong can become an international incident. Good luck. A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers acquaints us with the personal side of such a mission, focusing on five Muslim policewomen from Dhaka, Bangladesh who are part of a unit sent to maintain peace in the wake of Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake. Their training is inadequate, to say the least. Adding to the volatile situation are the local perceptions that the UN has overstayed its welcome, and that foreign troops are responsible for the cholera epidemic that has been killing Haitians by the thousands since the earthquake. Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy [...] teams with filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir to follow the peacekeeping unit not just over the course of the year-long mission, but also through their return home, where they face fresh challenges of reintegration. [...] »
-- Thom Powers (source)

Générique (partiel) :
Produit par : Geeta Gandbhir, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Nandita Ahmed, Clare Vance, Irfan Izhar, Perri Peltz
Images : Asad Faruqi
Montage images : Maya Mumma
Musique : Kishon Khan
Société de production : G2P2 Films, SOC Films
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