October 30th, 2009 •
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Director: Esteban Uyarra
Logline: The story of a man who was appointed by the US Government to save Saddam Hussein the exclusive inside account of the Saddam Hussein trial.
Synopsis: Canadian Bill Wiley comes to Iraq to ensure that Saddam Hussein gets a fair trial. As the judge walks out, defense lawyers are murdered, and the trial becomes ever more bizarre, how will Bill manage to change Iraq’s notion of right and wrong. And will Iraq change Bill’s belief in the law?
When Bill arrives in Iraq he is work-ing for the UN observing the trial but is soon appointed by the American government to advise Saddam Hussein’s defence. Even if the court is Iraqi led the American Government insists that a trial cannot be fair without a proper defense. This is Bill’s most difficult assignment yet. He will help Saddam’s defence team whether they want it or not.
About the Filmmaker
Esteban is an award-winning director, editor and cinematographer of documentary films who has worked for several UK television channels, including the BBC and Channel 4.
He made his first feature-length documentary, The Light in the Dark, while in his final year at film school. His second project was a series of six documentaries about different fiestas in Spain. One of them, The Runner, about the running of the bulls in San Fermin, went on to win Best International Documentary and Best Directorial Debut at the New York International Independent Film & Television Festival. More recently his latest documentary, War Feels Like War, has screened in festivals and on TV channels across the world and was nominated for the prestigious Grierson Awards.
He still works as an editor and cameraman for many tv stations and production companies including a recent three months in Haiti as cameraman on a documentary for Free Radical Films. Esteban filmed important scenes of the recent uprising that were also used in Channel 4 News reports.
Esteban teaches with DFG for the Brunel University MA in Documentary Practice, and the MA in Visual Anthropology at Manchester University.
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