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Iraq in Fragments
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NR,1hr 33min
Genre:
Documentary
Released:
November 8, 2006
Director:
James Longley
Distributor:
Typecast
Starring:
Mohammed Haithem
Synopsis: Filmmaker James Longley offers three thumbnail sketches of Iraq as the nation struggles to its feet following the American Invasion in this documentary. In the film's first chapter, Mohammed Haithem is an 11-year-old forced to make his own way in Bagdhad after the disappearance of his parents. Mohammed earns his keep working in an auto-repair shop, though he would prefer to go back to school, and has developed a precocious cynicism about the presence of U.S. troops along with a fear of the ongoing ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Buening
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Iraq in Fragments is unique from contemporaneous documentaries covering the 2003 American invasion and occupation of Iraq, like Control Room and The War Tapes, in that it is told entirely from the Iraqi perspective and is not at all concerned with the American point of view. The three movement structural approach is notable less for what it reveals about Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish perspectives than the ... Full Review
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