| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16x9) presentation. |
| Credits |
Cinematography by James Longley ; editors, Billy McMillin, James Longley, Fiona Otway. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 2006. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Iraq in fragments (94 min.) -- disc 2. Sari's mother (21 min.) -- Iraq before the war (14 min.) -- An interview with James Longley (20 min.) -- Independent Film & Television College (IFTC) shorts: Hiwar (12 min.); Let the show begin (15 min.); Omar is my friend (15 min.); Baghdad days (34 min.). |
| Summary |
Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
Arabic and Kurdish dialogue with optional English, French, German, Japanese or Spanish subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- Iraq.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Coalition Provisional Authority.
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Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq.
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Insurgency -- Iraq.
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Counterinsurgency -- Iraq.
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
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| Added Author |
Longley, James.
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Typecast Films (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Sari's mother.
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Iraq before the war.
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Hiwar.
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Let the show begin.
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Omar is my friend.
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Baghdad days.
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| Standard No. |
643519120199 |
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