While serving as an editor and director of photography on many
productions, Jawad Metni has also directed and produced several
documentaries.
Rumble
in Mumbai (2004) Rumble
in Mumbai
documents the 2004 World Social Forum in Mumbai, India. 100,000
people gathered to discuss alternatives to the dominant model
of neo-liberal globalization, and to form alliances with activists
from around the world.
Trading
With the Enemy (2003) Trading
with the Enemy
follows an American making a few dollars in Cuba's black market
cigar trade. He strikes his own balance between the risks of
heavy fines in the states and the rewards of hard cash and young
Cuban girlfriends.
Downwind
(2001) Downwind documents
the use of depleted Uranium tank penetrators and their relation
to Gulf War syndrome. They are placed in the context of nuclear
testing in America and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
