Little Rock Film Festival 2009

A prize-winning Japanese independent journalist, Takeharu Watai, has produced "Little Birds." This film depicts the daily lives of Iraqi people following the launch of the U.S.-led war on the country in March 2003. In Baghdad, Samawa, Falluja, and at Abu Ghraib, Watai listened to the voices of the Iraqi people and succeeded in catching glimpses of the truth about the Iraq war that mainstream media have failed to capture. To capture the true essence of the situation in Iraq, the filmmaker purposely left out narration and background music. He simply allowed the daily sounds of air bombardments, helicopters, and approaching armored vehicles to tell the story.