Combining elements of thriller, romance, and war movie, THE SITUATION, is the first U.S. feature film to deal with the war in Iraq. It is the story of an American journalist investigating the assassination of a trusted Iraqi source. Along the way, as she tries to make sense of the half-truths of Iraq, she finds herself pulled between Dan, her intelligence officer boyfriend, and Zaid, a young Iraqi photographer.

O, The Oprah Magazine selected THE SITUATION as their February "Must-See Little Movie of The Month." They called it a "a fast-paced gripping drama that illuminates the intricacies of a world many Americans still struggle to comprehend. The Situation is a vivid engrossing story that depicts life in the ripped-to-shreds country without taking sides."

The film owes its verisimilitude to the script by Wendell Steavenson, a young female journalist who drew on her own experience reporting from the thick of the conflict in Iraq for Slate, Financial Times and Granta.

The film opens theatrically in the US in early February

The trailer can be seen on
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3755487023817388897&q=%22the+situation%22+movie+trailer


LIAQUAT AHAMED
(Producer: Red Wine Pictures)

Liaquat Ahamed was, until recently, the CEO of an investment management firm, based in New York and London, with over $40 billion under management. Prior to entering the investment business he was with the World Bank.

After retiring from the investment business, he has produced the movie, THE SITUATION. In addition he is currently under contract with the Penguin Press to write a narrative history of central bankers in the 1920s, and the policies leading up to the Great Depression. He has degrees in economics form Cambridge University and Harvard University.