Friday 29 March 2024

Dear Dom…this should be interesting

A documentary about Dom Mintoff is soon to be released in cinemas. The producer and director is Pierre Ellul (Falkun Films) and the film is aptly titled Dear Dom.

According to the synopsis which I found on the website:
Dear Dom is a feature documentary film about the controversial ex-prime minister of Malta, Dom Mintoff. The film looks at how he influenced and shaped a country and a people. It’s about the man who befriended Libya’s Gaddafi, North Korea’s Kim il-sung and China’s Mao. An authoritarian and tireless negotiator, he championed the causes of the working class.Dear Dom features never seen before archive footage of Mintoff himself. Animated sequences are used to recreate historical events of Malta. People who were affected by his actions speak out for the first time in original interviews. Dom Mintoff dominated the political scene of the Mediterranean island for fifty years, his name becoming synonymous with Malta. Till today he still stirs intense emotions in people who either love him or loath him. Did his methods divide a nation in his quest to conquer it? He fought for change but then fought against it. No matter what, in the end the power of the people always wins.”
Those who love Mintoff will probably flock to see it, those who loathe him might break out in a bad case of hives (or worse) if they do. Either way, I’m sure it will be an interesting account of how this one man had such a powerful impact on so many people’s lives.

Here is the trailer…

 

 

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