Rita Leistner is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker. She is most noted for her 2021 documentary film '' Forest for the Trees'', for which she was a

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nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the

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in 2022. She was active as a

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in the 2000s, most notably covering the

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. Some of her war photography was included in the 2006 book ''Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq'', alongside photography by

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (Arabic: غيث عبدالأحد, born 1975) is an Iraqi journalist who began working after the U.S. invasion. Abdul-Ahad has written for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Washington Post'' and published photographs in ''The New York T ...

, Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson.Charlie Fidelman, "The Iraq war, up close". ''

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'', January 14, 2006.

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External links

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Rita Leistner Official WebsiteForest for the Trees Documentary Official Website
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Looking for Marshall McLuhan in Afghanistan
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