Minders
Director: Sean McAllister
Running Time: 50 mins
1998

Meet Kifah and Alla whose job it is to look after the hundreds of foreign journalists who have come to Baghdad to cover the latest crisis.

As the two minders reveal their hopes and dreams, their love of ice cream and English football, they provide a surprising insight into Saddam’s Iraq.

Sean McAllister studied at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England from 1990 specialising in documentary making. He graduated in 1995 with a film Hitting 30 and has since worked alone on the small digital video cameras. He is a distinctive voice bringing the spotlight onto contemporary sidelined issues.

Filmography:
Working For The Enemy (BBC Television 1997).Nominated for Royal Television Society Award); Shoot Out In Swansea :BBC Television 1997; Minders BBC Television 1999; Nominated for Royal Television Society Award: Settlers: Channel 4 Television 2000. Hulls Angel Channel 4 Television 2002.

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