In an in-depth interview with Education for Peace in Iraq Centre, acclaimed filmmaker Laura Poitras -- director of the Iraq documentary My Country, My Country -- explains the importance of understanding the people and culture of Iraq in bringing an end to the violence and finding lasting solutions. For eight months in 2004 and 2005, Ms. Poitras lived alone in Iraq, threatened by kidnappings and violent attacks on a daily basis. Armed with only a camera and a passion to tell a story from the Iraqi perspective, Ms. Poitras documented the daily life of Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor and community leader of Baghdad's Adhamiyah district, during his run for local office as a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party.