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We Iraqis (2004)

We Iraqis poster
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

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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