We Iraqis (2004)

Original title

نحن العراقيون

Directed by

Abbas Fahdel

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

52 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows ordinary Iraqis in Baghdad before and after the 2003 invasion. It captures their daily routines, hopes, and fears as they move from life under a dictatorship into a period of chaos.

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What happens

We Iraqis (2004) is a documentary film written and directed by the Iraqi-French film director Abbas Fahdel. The film shows daily life in Baghdad, just before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In this film, Fahdel’s camera shows us Iraqis in another light and the hopes and fears of these men and women who escaped the nightmare of a dictatorship only to be mired in chaos. French title: Nous les Irakiens Arabic title: نحن العراقيون The film is a sequel to the documentary Back to Babylon shot by Fahdel in 2002, in which he returns to Baghdad from France after decades in exile. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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