Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods

Even after attending the projection and asking questions to the director, it seems that some people (few though) didn't understand the intention of neither the film nor the director. The director has lived and spent the time under the same conditions with the protagonist and the other characters. He shot himself during 5 years, didn't have a crew nor slept on hotels or went for "lunch break" while the girl was suffering... The director's intention is written at the beginning of the film and at the end it explains what happens to the protagonist. The protagonist was never left to danger, was ethically shot and because aesthetically doesn't follow the typical doc, it doesn't mean that it's not a documentary. It showcases the life of millions of kids that go through the same conditions that the protagonist. Regarding the stereotypes of Bangladesh, it's what's it shown and worse. But maybe the person that speaks about stereotypes has been there? I have been. Actually the director intents to show the beauty of the countryside even under the hard conditions of the floods and also the hard conditions of Dhaka. The music is a personal aesthetic choice. I don't think this is something that makes a film worse. I would suggest to the obviously angry people that wrote so bad reviews, to go to the interviews of the director, to find out more about his background and his previous work and also when the director offers to continue the conversation after the Q&A it's better to have the decency to go to speak with him instead of being rude and disrespectful for his work.

Producer of the film.