''United We Stand'' is a 2003 feature documentary directed by

Matteo Barzini Matteo Barzini is an Italian filmmaker and producer born in Rome in 1981 and raised in Los Angeles, California. Biography His first feature documentary United We Stand, about post 9/11 America and the War in Iraq was selected for the 60th Venice ...

about America's reactions to

9/11 The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial ...

and the Iraq War. The documentary was presented in the New Territories section of the official selection at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival.

Plot

During, and immediately after the war in Iraq, a fim crew travelled six thousand miles from Chicago to Los Angeles, via Dallas and Las Vegas, (with a final brief visit to New York), gathering interviews on the road about the war. The responses, often shocking, sometimes violent, appalled, heartfelt, but never banal, show the radical pro and anti-war polarization of a country, and give an updated and unusual image of what America has become since 11 September 2001.

Awards and festivals

2003 Venice International Film Festival
2004 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival Honorable Mention
2004 Potenza International film festival

Critics

'' La Repubblica'' wrote: "From Chicago to Los Angeles, 6000 km of interviews on the war in Iraq give us an updated and unusual image of America today." Cinecittà News wrote: "What emerges from the film is the polarization between Iraq War supporters, who declare 'Kill as many as you can' and Americans outraged by the death of many civilians in the name of oil: 'We have enslaved Iraq'". '' Libero'' called United We Stand "A long journey in the deep heart of the United States."

References

External links

* * {{Official website, https:www.feelfilmproduction.com/productions/united-we-stand/ 2003 films 2003 documentary films Italian documentary films 2000s English-language films English-language Italian films English-language documentary films