2006 Film Index Back to Main Site		Back IRAQ FOR SALE: THE WAR PROFITEERS Robert Greenwald (US, 2006, 75 min) Documentary Plays with A LIFE OF DEATH; Sunday, Oct 8, 7:30pm, Student Union Theatre Free community screening sponsored by the Peace and Justice Alliance of Central Washington. Iraq for Sale was produced without any corporate sponsorship and is distributed strictly through grassroots efforts. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. IRAQ FOR SALE uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision-makers who allow them to do so. “Producer-director Robert Greenwald has the soul and courage of an 18th century political pamphleteer. An issue burns a hole in his pocket, and he just has to take it on, the sooner the better. But although someone like Thomas Paine wrote pamphlets such as Common Sense, Greenwald makes films. As hard-hitting and as fast as he can. Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the sixth of these films Greenwald has produced since 2002. It’s also the fourth he’s directed, after Uncovered: The War on Iraq, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’ War on Journalism and Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. This is a man who knows how to turn the colon into a weapon of political warfare. Like Greenwald’s previous films, Iraq for Sale is made from a progressive political point of view but spends considerable time talking to regular people who likely voted Republican. And this time he’s focused on one of those issues that might unite viewers across all political spectra: unconscionable war profiteering coupled with catastrophic decisions by major American companies.” – Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times Festivals: MountainFilm in Telluride, Human Right Film Festival, Global Justice Film Festival. Web: iraqforsale.org