The minders

""Before the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Information Ministry assigned international journalists special liaisons that served as guides, translators--and monitored their activities. By focusing on the lives of a few liaisons, Sean McAllister takes an inside look at the maze of information management at a pivotal moment in the Middle East. Known colloquially as minders, they possess unique insights into Iraqi culture and law at the end of an era. When McAllister turns the camera on them, the minders, used to keeping a keen eye on others, find the inversion of roles disconcerting. But the reversal leads to unusual opportunities for exchange, and ultimately, friendship."--Www.aff.com."
""Before the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi Information Ministry assigned international journalists special liaisons that served as guides, translators--and monitored their activities. By focusing on the lives of a few liaisons, Sean McAllister takes an inside look at the maze of information management at a pivotal moment in the Middle East. Known colloquially as minders, they possess unique insights into Iraqi culture and law at the end of an era. When McAllister turns the camera on them, the minders, used to keeping a keen eye on others, find the inversion of roles disconcerting. But the reversal leads to unusual opportunities for exchange, and ultimately, friendship."---www.aff.com."@en