James Longley’s short film ‘Sari’s Mother’ has been nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2007 Academy Awards. Sari’s mother is on the 2nd disc of the Iraq in Fragments DVD Special Edition.

ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the second Academy Award nomination for James Longley. He was previously nominated for:

* IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS (2006) — Nominee, Documentary (Feature)

FILM SYNOPSIS
On a farm in central Iraq, a mother struggles to care for her ten-year-old son, Sari, who is dying of AIDS. As the boy’s condition worsens, his mother must deal with a health care system that has fallen into chaos under the American occupation.