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The Prize
El premio
2011 · Film · 115 min
Directed by Paula Markovitch
Ceci, a seven year old girl, has to keep a huge secret, but she doesn't completely understand what is the secret about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci and her mom live hidden from military repression in Argentina. Ceci asks herself: what must she say? What should she really believe and do in order to deserve the love of her mother and others?
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The documentary is long (2h 16m 44s), and somewhat nonlinear. It includes many segments of footage presented without explanation or context, though the narrative is highly informative.
There's a YouTube link for those outside the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXcpDO8_3qU
The story told is a fascinating one, and links up with a few others I've seen.
There's an alternate telling of the Bitter Lake story in Daniel Yergin's the Prize. See episode 5, at 23m 34s:
http://fixyt.com/watch?v=IIJxBrHcSUo
(The entire series is excellent.)
And while it covers some different ground, Robert Newman's "History of Oil" also covers the petro-politics of the middle east in a highly provocative mannner:
http://fixyt.com/watch?v=2DCwafIntj0
Some have claimed here that Curtis is creating opinion pieces. ThatsThePoint.jpg
The stories we've been told of the Middle East are opinion pieces, with a specific narrative and agenda. The introduction to this piece notes that the stories that narrative is composed of no longer hold together, and no longer make sense. A frame is necessary for understanding (though as I've said, Curtis often removes that entirely), and yes, Curtis is offering an alternative one, but also quite deliberately breaking the conventional frame.
It's a large part of the excellence of the piece.
I'd also like to credit dmschulman for pointing out the documentary to me.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9006688