Sari's mother

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An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation. As US military helicopters fly overhead, a mother administers injections...

An Iraqi mother seeks health care for her 10-year-old son, who is dying of AIDS, against a background of war and occupation. As US military helicopters fly overhead, a mother administers injections to her young son, Sari, in a small clay hut in the Mahmudiyah region of central Iraq. Sari, only ten years old, contracted AIDS during a blood transfusion. Plagued by constant pain and fatigue, his immune system is failing and his condition is gradually deteriorating. Determined to help her son any way she can, Sari's mother embarks on a Sisyphean journey to Baghdad, into the offices of government officials, devastated hospitals, and the country's labyrinthine healthcare system.

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