Amer Nasser Iraqi Brothers

How can one talk about death without showing the dead Or experience suffering without seeing the wounds A possible answer is found in Amer Nasser a videogram excerpted from a documentary on the 1991 rebellion of Iraqi people which turned into a bloodbath the slow pace of the images allows us not really an observation and investigation of the two martyrs identity rather it poses the questions Why did it all happen and Where were we The two blindfolded faces apparently emanate serenity and resignation but they also hide a terrible anguish The slow pace of time This Time marks the steps of the sentenced ones and the pushes and shoves of the soldiers like it had lost its way The slowingdown of the movement leads the minds way into the maze of the afflicted soul In front of the cameraspectator the passage of the brothers led to an army truck while a flute announces the imminent trespass of life into death looks like one towards the unknown