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Film: Iraq In Fragments

Iraq in Fragments

  • Director: James Longley
  • Release Date: 2006
  • Rating: 15
  • Country of origin: Iraq
  • Language: Kurdish and Arabic with English Subtitles
  • Date(s): 17 May
  • Time: 6:00 pm
  • Duration: 94 mins
  • Location: Filmhouse

Synopsis

Still from Iraq In Fragments

Still from Iraq In Fragments

An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments 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 US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied.

Q & A

The director, James Longley, will be present for a questions and answers session after the screening and will host a Masterclass at the Scottish Documentary Institute on May 15.

Short Biography

James Longley began making documentary films as a student in Moscow in 1992. He is best known for his documentary film work in the Gaza Strip and Iraq, for which he has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

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