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Iraq in Fragments

Screening on Film
Directed by James Longley.
US, 2006, 35mm, color, 94 min.
Arabic and Kurdish with English subtitles.

A stunning and vivid portrait of the current situation in Iraq, James Longley’s vérité-style documentary unfolds in three acts. The first section follows Mohammed, an eleven year-old auto mechanic who has lost his father and idolizes his overbearing boss.  Part two documents the goings-on of the Moqtada-Sadr political movement which imposes its interpretation of Islamic law on the Iraqi people, causing great divides within the party. The final section explores the life of a Kurdish family who welcomes U.S. intervention after the atrocities of Saddam Hussein’s government. This powerful work earned prizes for directing, cinematography and editing at the Sundance Film Festival.

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