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Crash Course: Making Movies on the Rooftops of Baghdad
Anthony Kaufman looks at how two exiled Iraqis have come back to bring filmmaking to the war-torn region with their Baghdad Independent Film and Television College.
A Short History of Iraqi Cinema
Quick, name a famous Iraqi film director. If you find yourself speechless, maybe there's a reason. Peter Bowen traces out the curious history of Iraqi films, including the bizarre connection between James Bond and Saddam Hussein.
Shot on the Battlefront: A Brief Guide to the Iraq War on Film
Ever since George W. Bush deployed American troops as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, filmmakers have been trying to picture what is really going on over there. Nick Dawson provides a survey of the films that have tried to make a difference.
In FilmInFocus's Movie City series, we travel the globe to see what film means in different cities around the world. This month we go to Iraq. In "Crash Course: Making Movies on the Rooftops of Baghdad," Anthony Kaufman looks at how a new generation of Iraqi filmmakers are literally making history on the streets and rooftops of Baghdad. Hollywood types often toss the word "brave" around when discussing each others' projects, but in this case the adjective seems hardly up to the job in describing these would-be filmmakers. In other pieces we piece together a history of Iraqi cinema, and highlight films made about the current conflict.
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